James Aldridge

James Aldridge was a novelist and World War Two war correspondent. Aldridge was born in Victoria and served in the Middle East as a war correspondent during WWII. His ouvre comprises more than 30 works ranging from wartime bestsellers to children’s literature. Aldridge's 1966 novel My Brother Tom was made into a TV mini-series in 1986 starring Gordon Jackson and Keith Michell. In 1972, Aldridge won a Lenin Peace Prize for 'his outstanding struggle for the preservation of peace'.

James Aldridge died in 2015.