Len Johnson

Len Johnson was the Operations Officer 6RAR-NZ (Anzac) Battalion during Operation LAVARACK in Vietnam in 1969. He graduated from RMC Duntroon in 1955 and served in Malaya, England, Vietnam and the United States of America where he graduated from the United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College. He commanded 4RAR and 2/4RAR and resigned from the Army in 1975. He is the author of a number of books, including: The History of 6RAR-NZ (ANZAC) Battalion, Volume Two, 1967 to 1970 and Love Letters from a War, which was also filmed as an ABC TV documentary, and is co-author of Malayan Adventure: An Australian Army family in Malaya during the Emergency. He holds a PhD in History from the University of Tasmania.