review of Ten Days to Destiny: The Battle for Crete by G. C. Kiriakopoulos. "Porto Rafti evacuees kept their shirts on", The Sydney Morning Herald, 6 July 1991, p. 41. "Publishing hero deserves better", The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 October 1994, p. 158. Honours Military Cross (1944) Personal life In 1938 Sheppard married Daisie Eileen B. Douglas (born 1912) who was normally referred to as Eileen. They had two daughters, Joan Alicia Sheppard and Helen Faith Sheppard. Sheppard died on 10 June 1997 and Eileen died on 21 May 2001. References Further reading Hugh Gilchrist, Australians and Greeks, Sydney: Halstead Press, 1992-2004. 3 volumes. Maria Hill, The Australian in Greece and Crete: A Study of an Intimate Wartime Relationship, Canberra: Australian Defence Force Academy, University of New South Wales, 2008. PhD in History (manuscript). Maria Hill, Diggers and Greeks: The Australian Campaigns in Greece and Crete, Sydney: UNSW Press, 2010. Patrick Mullins, The Trials of Portnoy: How Penguin Brought Down Australia’s Censorship System, Brunswick, Victoria: Scribe Publications, 2020. Wendy and Allan Scarfe, No Taste for Carnage: Alex Sheppard, a Portrait, 1913-1997, Henley Beach, South Australia: Seaview Press, 1998. External links Papers of Alexander Sheppard (manuscript) - National Library of Australia Literary manuscripts published by Alpha Books, 1970-1981 - State Library of NSW Colonel A.W. Sheppard interviewed by Ann Turner (sound recording) - National Library of Australia Sheppard, A. W. - WorldCat Identities at WorldCat Alleged violations of the Official Secrets Act by Colonel A.W. Sheppard, former head of the Salonika branch of the British Economic Mission to Greece. Code 19 File 189 at The National Archives (United Kingdom) Activities of Colonel A W Sheppard in Greece. Code 19, file 305 at The National Archives (United Kingdom) Alexander William SHEPPARD - Australian security files at National Archives of Australia Meanjin Editorial Records of C.B. Christesen 1949-1974 at University of Melbourne Archives - includes A. W. Sheppard documents 1913 births 1997 deaths Australian Army personnel of World War II Australian recipients of the Military Cross Australian publishers (people) Australian booksellers Australian company founders Businesspeople from Sydney Anti-fascists 20th-century Australian journalists 20th-century Australian non-fiction writers 20th-century Australian businesspeople Censorship in Australia Australian Army officers Military personnel from Melbourne University of Melbourne alumni