Brathwaite, Errol Freeman Biography 1991

BRATHWAITE, Errol Freeman
Author
Born Clive, Hawkes Bay, 3 April 1924, son of Jack Lister Brathwaite and Dorothy Beatrice (née Anstis); married Alison Irene Whyte, daughter of Adam Charles and Ida Annie Whyte, 1948; one son one daughter.
Education: Waipukurau District High School; Timaru Boys High School.
3rd Battalion, Wellington Regiment, NZ Army, 1942-1943; No 3 Squadron, Flight Sergeant, Royal New Zealand Air Force 1943-1945; RNZAF, 1947-1955; RNZ Sigs, NZ Army, 1955-1958. NZ Railways, 1939-1942; NZBS, 1959-1962; Dobbs-Wiggins, McCann-Ericson (advertising) 1962-1967; Carlton-Carruthers, 1969-1973; Full-time writing 1973 -.  Otago Daily Times centennial novel contest winner 1961; NZ Literary Fund Award for Achievement, 1961
Publications: Fear in the Night, 1959; An Affair of Men, 1961; Long Way Home, 1964; The Flying Fish, 1964; The Needle’s Eye, 1965; The Evil Day, 1967; The Flame Box, 1978; The House Built on a Rock, 1966; Morning Flight, 1970 (histories); Pilot on the Run, 1986 (biography); Sixty Red Nightcaps, 1981 (essay collection); numerous travel guides and geographic/demographic books.
Recreations: wine making, portrait painting, restoration work for RNZAF Museum, making and collecting model soldiers.
Address:  4A Bucknell Street, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch.