'David Frost grew up on a Soldier Settlement farm in western Victoria, joining the Navy in 1962 at age 16. He served in HMAS Hobart in Vietnam waters in 1968 and 1970. His hopes to influence people’s attitudes away from the “hero stuff” and “celebrity” of war through poems, short stories and memoir' (Source: http://southerlyjournal.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Bios-LP75_3.pdf)