0 ▁and ▁was ▁passed ▁fit ▁for ▁air ▁crew ▁duty . ▁The ▁RA AF ▁had ▁more ▁rec ruits ▁than ▁it ▁could ▁equip ▁and ▁train ▁and ▁Brad man ▁spent ▁four ▁months ▁in ▁Ad ela ide ▁before ▁the ▁Governor - General ▁of ▁Australia , ▁Lord ▁G ow rie , ▁persu aded ▁Brad man ▁to ▁transfer ▁to ▁the ▁army , ▁a ▁move ▁that ▁was ▁critic ised ▁as ▁a ▁sa fer ▁option ▁for ▁him . ▁Given ▁the ▁rank ▁of ▁Lieutenant , ▁he ▁was ▁posted ▁to ▁the ▁Army ▁School ▁of ▁Phys ical ▁Training ▁at ▁Frank ston , ▁Victoria , ▁to ▁act ▁as ▁a ▁divis ional ▁super visor ▁of ▁physical ▁training . ▁The ▁ex ert ion ▁of ▁the ▁job ▁ag gra v ated ▁his ▁chron ic ▁mus cular ▁problems , ▁diagn osed ▁as ▁fib ros itis . ▁Sur pr ising ly , ▁in ▁light ▁of ▁his ▁batt ing ▁pro w ess , ▁a ▁routine ▁army ▁test ▁revealed ▁that ▁Brad man ▁had ▁poor ▁eyes ight . ▁ ▁In val ided ▁out ▁of ▁service ▁in ▁June ▁ 1 9 4 1 , ▁Brad man ▁spent ▁months ▁recuper ating , ▁unable ▁even ▁to ▁sh ave ▁himself ▁or ▁comb ▁his ▁hair ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁extent ▁of ▁the ▁mus cular ▁pain ▁he ▁suffered . ▁He ▁res umed ▁stock bro king ▁during ▁ 1 9 4 2 . ▁In ▁his ▁bi ography ▁of ▁Brad man , ▁Charles ▁Williams ▁exp ounded ▁the ▁theory ▁that ▁the ▁physical ▁problems ▁were ▁psych os om atic , ▁induced ▁by ▁stress ▁and ▁possibly ▁de pression ; ▁Brad man ▁read ▁the ▁book '