[2] In September 1943, during World War Two, four Australian soldiers are stranded in an isolated army outpost in New Guinea, waiting for an attack on Buna.
He served in New Guinea at Wanagila, where a secret airstrip was being made in preparation for an attack on Japanese-held Buna, 40 miles away.
[9] The Australian Army provided firearms including Owen guns, Tommy guns and rifles[6] The Sydney Morning Herald said: The author makes no better than commonplace use of the clever idea... playwright and play could have been helped by clevered hints of the general heat malaise, crawling fear and eginess of jungle fighting from producer Christopher Muir, whose imagination never rose above neat routine.
The cast performed creditably, powerful or rich playing being excluded for the most part by flat, everyday commonplace of the dialogue... Paul Karo's portrait... was much too overdone to be convincing, but there was much conviction in the performance of young and intense Denis Miller and sufficient conviction in the work of his more experienced co players.
The two dramas screened on June 18, 1961 in several key markets including New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago and St Louis.
[5] The New York Times wrote that "unfortunately Mr Cameron telegraphed his resolution early in the drama and also greviously overtaxed the element of coincidence.