Tony 'Bomber' Bower-Miles was born in Victoria and moved to Queensland at the age of eight. He joined the army at the age of seventeen and went to Vietnam in 1969. Following the Vietnam War, Bower-Miles experienced post-traumatic stress and alcholism.
Bower-Miles returned to Asia in 2001 to assist with mine-clearance operations in Cambodia.
Source: Pan Macmillan Australia website, http://www.panmacmillan.com.au/
Sighted: 20/10/2009