The memoirs cover Fallon's entire life, including his childhood in Tasmania, King Island and Warragul, Victoria; education at University of Melbourne and work with Professor T.H. Laby; work as a teacher at Fitzroy, Maffra, Hampton and Box Hill; marriage to Eileen Hagan in 1933; appointment as Education Officer in R.A.A.F. at Point Cook in 1937; life at Point Cook and Laverton; appointment as Area Education Officer for N.S.W. and Queensland; work during War at Townsville, Wagga and Sydney; posting to Japan in 1946; impressions of Japanese schools and living conditions; return to Australia in 1949; Command Education Officer in Melbourne; purchase of poultry farm near Croydon; President of Croydon High School Council and Croydon Shire Council; retirement from R.A.A.F. in 1963; failure of farm and move to Canberra; trip to England and Europe in 1976; travels in Northern Territory; move to retirement village in Melbourne.
