Richard Harry Graves
Richard Harry Graves (July 17, 1898 - February 3, 1971) was an Irish-born Australian poet and novelist.
In World War II Graves founded and led the Australian Jungle Rescue Detachment of 60 soldiers, which was attached to the Far East American Airforce. These men conducted over 300 rescues, all of which were completed successfully and without losses. After the war he ran a bushcraft school for over twenty years.
Aside from poetry and adventure novels for children, he wrote ten classic books on camping and bushcraft, now published in a single volume. He was a cousin of the English writer Robert Graves.
I can still remember the day Dick taught me to make fire without matches. Alas, the other memories are fading or unsuitable and I am unaware of any _verifiable_ documents which are required to meet the criteria for posting additions to this page. That said however, if someone has both the time and access to a good library then I believe you will find a few articles mentioning Dick and the bushcraft schools were published in the 1960s and early 1970s and authored by George Brown in the Australian "Outdoors" Magazine. It is likely George included a photo or two of Dick (he seemed to photograph everything after he got his half frame Konica). Maybe someone can follow up on this lead.
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References
Graves, Richard (1995). Australian Bushcraft: A guide to survival and camping. Frenchs Forrest: National Book Distributors and Publishers. ISBN 1-875580-30-1.