Meet Dave Lassam, the Man for the Job shares with readers your story of spending 39 years in the Royal Australian Navy and the things you learned and experienced during that time. Why was this an important book for you to write?
It stemmed from many of my civilian friends who had listened to my stories when I had returned from different places. I would often be away for some years and would chat to all my mates in the dog showing world. Many extolled me to write it. Also, I developed PTSD from years of dealing with trauma and loss of comrades, so I found this cathartic but also I needed to talk about it to hopefully help other Defence personnel realise that PTSD itself can be treated.
What is one piece of advice you wish someone had given you when you were younger?
Remember, this too shall pass….. many times I felt that things were too tough and I was ready to give up but I never did. If they had given that advice, I perhaps might have had a somewhat easier life. But I wouldn’t change any of it. I am who I am today because of what I got through.
What is one thing you hope readers take away from your story?
There would be many I hope, but the main one would be to never give up. I chose a pretty tough yet exciting and sometimes dangerous career but the Navy was my family. As in any Defence Force, the comraderie one builds over time can never be broken and it will be there forever.
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