James Clavell
Charles Edmund DuMaresq de Clavelle
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Born in Sydney to a Royal Navy commander and raised in England, he attended Portsmouth Grammar School before receiving a commission in the Royal Artillery, where desert-warfare training gave way to service in Singapore and subsequent captivity at Changi Prison, experiences that later inspired his semi-autobiographical novel King Rat. After a motorcycle accident ended his military career, he ent…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
