IDENTITY OF “EYE-WITNESS.”
“Eye-Witness,” states the Weekly Despatch, is Lieutenant-Colonel-Major Ernest Dunlop Swinton. This statement can be made without fear of contradiction. Men like Colonel Seely and Lord Percy may have been subsidiary “Eye-Witnesses” at different times, but the real and principal “Eye-Witness” all along has been Lieutenant - Colonel Swinton, who for years has enjoyed the reputation of being one of the most entertaining writers of military stories known to journalism. Lieutenant-Colonel Swinton was educated at Rugby and Cheltenham, and entered the army in 1888, attaching himself to the Royal Engineers. He served in the South African war, being mentioned in despatches and awarded D.S.O, In 1907 he was appointed major, and since the last war he has advanced a further step. His home is in Charlton, near Blackheath. He has, during the five months be has been out at the front, been home twice, each time paying a flying visit to London. In can be stated without breaking any confidence that he is “Ole Luk Oie,” the author of “The Green Curve,” the most discussed book of war stories of recent >ears.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1381, 1 April 1915, Page 4
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183IDENTITY OF “EYE-WITNESS.” Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1381, 1 April 1915, Page 4
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