About the Author

Peter Ernest Greene was born in Cochin, a seaport in the state of Kerala on the western coast of southern India. Peter belongs to the Anglo-Indian community. Peter later moved to the Towns of Coonoor and Ketti in the beautiful Nilgiri district of southern India where he grew up and went to school.

He studied at Stanes Higher Secondary School in Coonoor and joined the Indian Navy in 1969 in the Electrical (Radio) branch. He saw action in the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971 when East Pakistan was liberated and Bangla Desh was born. He was awarded the Sangram Medal, The Poorvi (Eastern) Star and the Nine Year Service Medal.

In 1977, he was deputed to the Soviet Union for training at the Naval Officers’ College in Izmail, Ukrainian Republic. He learnt to read, write and speak in Russian. He was part of the commissioning crew of a Soviet built minesweeper at Riga in the Latvian Republic. Peter left the Navy in 1980 as a Petty Officer. He settled in Bangalore, India and married June Yates and had two sons Eugene and Christopher. Peter and his wife, June now live in Windsor, Ontario, Canada and Peter works for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.