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The Nature of Honour

by David McBride

Length 9 hours 55 minutes

Language English

Narrators David McBride & Hazem Shammas

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Son of the renowned Sydney obstetrician, Dr William McBride, who raised the alarm on the anti-nausea drug thalidomide in the 1960s and was later struck off the medical register for falsifying research results in a bid to challenge the safety of another drug. David chose to study Law, firstly at Sydney University and then at Oxford. There he met some British army officers and decided that soldiering was his calling, going on to train at Sandhurst. He commanded a platoon in Northern Ireland while bomb and sniper attacks on British soldiers were still happening.

In civilian life he worked in security protecting diplomats, journalists and businesspeople in Rwanda in the immediate aftermath of the 1994 genocide and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

After growing tired of the travel and the action, David returned to England, where he worked in reality TV. On moving back to Sydney, he briefly joined a major law firm and then joined the Australian Army as a lawyer, going on to serve two tours of duty in Afghanistan, on the frontline confirming or denying decisions made by soldiers under international laws. He was medically discharged with PTSD in 2017.

In 2018, he was charged with offences relating to national security and is awaiting trial.

David was reregistered to practise law in NSW in 2022 and spends a bit of time defending those facing charges. Crammed with colour, adventure, achievements and some diversions, too David McBride leads a big life.

Biography & Memoir History Politics & Economy Nonfiction Law

David McBride (Author, Reader)
David McBride is a Sydney solicitor. After serving in the Australian Army and serving two tours of duty in Afghanistan, in 2018 he was charged with offences related to national security. He is awaiting trial.

Hazem Shammas (Reader)
Since graduating from WAAPA, Hazem has built a solid reputation as an outstanding actor. Hazem's screen credits include Hungry Ghosts, The Hunting, My Life is Murder, The Secret She Keeps, The Gloaming, Halifax: Retribution, Safe Harbour, Underbelly, East West 101 and in film he appeared in the features X, The Tumbler and Alex and Eve. Renowned for his exceptional performances in theatre, his credits include Rules For Living (Sydney Theatre Company), Counting and Cracking, Sami in Paradise, Atlantis, Mother Courage and Her Children, Scorched, Antigone, Paul, Stuff Happens (Belvoir); Disgraced (Melbourne Theatre Company); Othello (State Theatre Company South Australia); The Tempest, A Comedy of Errors, Macbeth (Bell Shakespeare); The Call (Griffin); Trustees, Criminology (Malthouse Theatre); The Tribe and Buried City (UTP/Belvoir/Sydney Festival).

Hazem's performance in Safe Harbour garnered a Logie Award for Most Outstanding Talent and an AACTA Award nomination for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama.