John Jones

The author was born in Southern Rhodesia and is the fourth generation of a Rhodesian pioneering family. He is a graduate of London University; former diplomat in Rhodesia, serving in Lisbon, (Portugal), Lourenço Marques and Beira (Mozambique), and Cape Town and Pretoria (South Africa); former army reserve officer in Rhodesia, undertaking anti-terrorist operations as platoon commander when not on overseas postings as a Foreign Service officer; first Chief of Protocol in Zimbabwe, posted to Prime Minister's office and had frequent direct contact with Prime Minister Robert Mugabe until migration to Australia with family in 1981; graduate of Macquarie University (doctoral degree); Deputy Dean in a small private university level college in Sydney, Australia; and Justice of the Peace in New South Wales.