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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, German Prisoners of War
... German Prisoners of War ...Group of German prisoners of war interned at A Compound, No. 13 POW group. Back row, left to right: 41208 Heinz Fisher; 35091 H. Grunwaldt; 35027 Michael Boesl; 35319 V. D. Ohe; 35180 H. von Gruenewaldt; 35299 H. Messerschmidt; 35131 R. Fabichler. Front row: 35128 Bernhard Koehnke; 35278 W. Senssfelder; 35083 Georg Erler; 35318 P. Schnieder; 35109 D. von Hardenberg. Photograph taken 29 November 1943.Black and white photograph of 9 men standing, 5 seated, all wearing dark pullovers. Centre front seated is Professor Dr G. Erler. Two huts behind them. The number 63 on ground in front of Dr Erler.the number 72camp 13, professor dr erler, camp 13 huts, german pow's, heinz fisher, h grunwaldt, michael boesl, v d ohe, h von gruenwaldt, h messerschmidt, r fabichler, bernhard koehnke, w senssfelder, george erler, p schneider, d von hardenberg -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, Endacott, Sydney J, Australian Aboriginal native words and their meanings, 1944
... Australian Aboriginal native words and their meanings....Some Australian Aboriginal words and their meanings....Aboriginals Ruth Clark Some Australian Aboriginal words ...Some Australian Aboriginal words and their meanings.Ruth Clarkaboriginals -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, David McRae, Langwij comes to school : promoting literacy among speakers of Aboriginal English and Australian Creoles, 1994
... of Aboriginal English and Australian Creoles... English Aboriginal English Australian Creole Standard Australian ...Booklet intended to help teachers to assist young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students achieve proficiency in Standard Australian English (SAE) through a better understanding of the diversity and validity of the language backgrounds of these students.maps, colour photographs, colour illustrationsbarmah primary school, barunga community education centre, margate primary school, parramatta state school, toomelah public school, kimberley schools, broome, koori english, aboriginal english, australian creole, standard australian english -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Edward E Morris, Austral English : a dictionary of Australasian words phrases and usages, with those Aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia, 1898
... phrases and usages, with those Aboriginal-Australian and Maori... phrases and usages, with those Aboriginal-Australian and Maori ...A dictionary of English usage in the Australasian region (Australia and New Zealand); includes numerous Aboriginal and Maori words. Full definitions with examples from contemporary texts, etymologies often given.word listsdictionaries -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Ex-Prisoners of War and Relatives' Association, Loyalty : special commemorative edition to celebrate the 65th year of the News Bulletin, 2011
... Ex prisoners of war and relatives association...Ex-Prisoners of War and Relatives' Association ...Commemorative issue celebrating the 65th year of News BulletinIll, maps, p.130.non-fictionCommemorative issue celebrating the 65th year of News Bulletinex prisoners of war and relatives association, ex prisoners of war - biography -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch
Document - Photocopy of a typed and hand-written document, Charles E Stuart, A. I. F. - 1939 - 1945, unknown
... Ex-Prisoners of War and Relatives Association ...'List of Nursing Staff - 8th Division, evacuated from Singapore on steamship "Vyner Brooke" on 12th February 1942, and subsequent fates.' Table list column headings: Surnames; Initials (etc); Unit; Enlisted; Fate. Also provides other recommended sources with some statistics on the final page.A4 photocopy of a typed and hand-written document with hand-written annotations. Document is a list table in five columns.'Mr & MRS Jim ROGERS' [blue ink in the top right hand corner of the first page] '(NOW MRS FRANK STATHAM [WAS]) [blue ink on the lower right hand side of the first page]vyner brooke, ss vyner brooke, singapore, wwii, ww2, world war 2 -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Document - Report, Aboriginal Affairs Victoria, Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody : Victorian Government 1993 implementation report, 1994
... Aboriginal Australian -- Victoria -- Death. | Prisoners...Prisoners... Australian -- Death. | Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy ...The Victorian Government 1993 Implementation Report into the Recommendations arising from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody illustrates that the direction of government changes towards more accountable and participatory government structures, is creating better outcomes for Aboriginal people and encouraging a greater partnership between Aboriginal people and government agencies in developing and delivering appropriate services.289 p. 25 cm.The Victorian Government 1993 Implementation Report into the Recommendations arising from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody illustrates that the direction of government changes towards more accountable and participatory government structures, is creating better outcomes for Aboriginal people and encouraging a greater partnership between Aboriginal people and government agencies in developing and delivering appropriate services.prisoners, aboriginal australian -- death. | aboriginal australians -- government policy -- victoria. | aboriginal australians -- victoria -- criminal justice system. | prisons and race relations -- victoria. | police -- complaints against -- victoria. | aboriginal australians -- criminal justice system -- victoria. | prisoners, aboriginal australian -- victoria -- death. | prisoners, aboriginal australian -- victoria -- mortality. -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Australian Aboriginal Native Words and Their Meanings, 1925
... Australian Aboriginal Native Words and Their Meanings...Australian Aboriginal words and their meaning... and is retained for this reason. Australian Aboriginal words ...Aboriginal words and their English meaningsThis is a book of 48 pages. It has a red cover with black printing. The pages contain printed material and black and white photographs.non-fictionAboriginal words and their English meaningsaustralian aboriginal words and their meaning -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Small booklet, Frank Endacott (copyright), Australian Aboriginal Words and Place Names and their meanings , compiled by J.Endacott, 1924
... Australian Aboriginal Words and Place Names and their...australian aboriginal names.... Small paperback booklet. Australian Aboriginal Words and Place ...A choice of 3,000 pleasant sounding words from which to choose an appropriate Australian name.Peach coloured cardboard cover, with dark red printing. 2 x Spears and boomerang on cover. Small paperback booklet.A choice of 3,000 pleasant-sounding words from which to choose an appropriate Australian name.australian aboriginal names -
Box Hill Historical Society
Book, Endacott, Sydney J, Australian Aboriginal Words and place names and their meanings, 1985
... Australian Aboriginal Words and place names and their...Australian Aboriginal language... 7 Town Hall Hub Box Hill melbourne Australian Aboriginal ...A compilation of Australian Aboriginal Words and places names and their meanings. The book contains about 3000 words and meanings of various things and matters, including a great many Australian aboriginal place-names and their meanings. The book also contains three photographs of aborigines.64 pages non-fictionA compilation of Australian Aboriginal Words and places names and their meanings. The book contains about 3000 words and meanings of various things and matters, including a great many Australian aboriginal place-names and their meanings. The book also contains three photographs of aborigines.australian aboriginal language, language -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Booklet, Air Publications 1548, The responsibilities of a prisoner of war, 1944
Issued to Air service personal for use in the European theatre of operations only. Issued for the information and guidance of all concerned.Card folder - The Responsibilities of a Prisoner of War. Khaki in colour.Folded into three pages.Restricted.The responsibilities of a prisoner of war.European theatre of war.Not to be taken into the air. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Document - Report, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission. Royal Commission Government Response Monitoring Unit, Five years on : implementation of the Commonwealth Government responses to the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Vol. 2, Policy and Programs : Addressing Disadvantage, 1997
... Aboriginal Australian -- Mortality. | Prisons and race...Prisoners.... | Aboriginal Australians -- Criminal justice system. | Police ...Volume Two examines the role of the various Commonwealth Government Departments in addressing disadvantage in Aboriginal communities.ii-iv; 296 P.; tables; 25 cm.Volume Two examines the role of the various Commonwealth Government Departments in addressing disadvantage in Aboriginal communities.prisoners, aboriginal australian -- mortality. | prisons and race relations -- australia. | aboriginal australians -- criminal justice system. | police -- complaints against -- australia. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Document - Report, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission. Royal Commission Government Response Monitoring Unit, Five years on : implementation of the Commonwealth Government responses to the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Vol. 1, Trends in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths in custody and incarceration
... Aboriginal Australian -- Mortality. | Prisons and race...Prisoners.... | Aboriginal Australians -- Criminal justice system. | Police ...Implementation of the Commonwealth Government Responses to the Recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in custody, five years on.iii-vii; 97 P.; tables; graphs; 25 cm.Implementation of the Commonwealth Government Responses to the Recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in custody, five years on.prisoners, aboriginal australian -- mortality. | prisons and race relations -- australia. | aboriginal australians -- criminal justice system. | police -- complaints against -- australia. -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Photograph - Unframed Photograph, Italian Prisoner's of War - WWI
Black and white photo of Italian prisoners of war.On back: 21 Italian prisoners awaiting transport to the internment camp in their own lorries. Publicity section Cairo.wwi, pow, italian -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Photograph - 13th ALH WWI, 1918
The 13th Light Horse was the Corps Cavalry of the Australian Corps. One role of the Corps Cavalry was the escort of prisoners-of-war from the front line to POW compounds in the rear area. Lieutenant Leslie Deegan was a 36 year-old Company secretary of Melbourne with service in the Boer War when he enrolled in the 13th Light Horse AIF. He embarked as Squadron sergeant-major of C Squadron of the regiment and was later commissioned as a lieutenant.Rare photograph of Australian Light Horse escorting prisoners-of-war in large numbers in France during WWI. Officer named has connection to other items in collection.Framed black and white photograph showing long column of German prisoners-of-war led by mounted Australian officer and flanked by mounted Australian soldiers passing along a village road. Several onlookers, one on bicycle. light wooden frame painted black.German prisoners captured by 13th Light Horse at Hamel being marched to Prisoner of War cage at Poulainville in France, 4th July 1918. Lieut. L Deegan 13th Light Horse leading.13th light horse, hamel, deegan leslie lieutenant, prisoner-of-war -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, Elkin A P, The Australian Aboriginal. How to Understand Them, 1948
... The Australian Aboriginal. How to Understand Them....A comprehensive study of Australian Aboriginal...Aboriginals A comprehensive study of Australian Aboriginal ...A comprehensive study of Australian Aboriginal and their culture at the period of the 1930s particulerly North West and Central Australian tribes.aboriginals -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, Endacott Sydney J, Australian Aboriginal Words and Place Names and their meanings, 1980
... Australian Aboriginal Words and Place Names and their...A choice of 3000 pleasant sounding Australian Aboriginal...Aboriginals A choice of 3000 pleasant sounding Australian ...A choice of 3000 pleasant sounding Australian Aboriginal words and meanings from which to choose an appropriate Australian name.aboriginals -
Red Cliffs Military Museum
Newspaper Photos, Newspaper clipping of photos of soldier WW11, 1940 (estimated)
Newpaper photographs of 10 Victorian soldiers either missing or Prisoners, with names, rank, hometown, and whether prisoner or listed as missing. Photos Top Left to right: (.1)Sgt N.T.R. Cox/ Caulfield/(missing)/ (.2)Dvr. A.H. Henderson/ (Prisoner)/ (.3)Pte. G.T. Bennett/ P/Melb/ (Believed Prisoner)/(.4) Cpl. K.D. Bishop/Thornbury/(missing)/ (.5) Pte A.S. Cook/Mansfield/(missing)/ 2nd Row Left to right(.6) Sgt. N.W.B. Pike/ Elsternwick/ (missing)/ (.7) Pte. P.M.Turner/ Kerang/ (prisoner)/ (.8) Cpl. L. Chappell/ Windsor/(missing)/ (.9) Pte. J.R. Condliffe / Kangaroo Flat/ (missing)/ (.10)Pte. L.G. Payne/Frankston/ (missing)henderson, ww11, prisoner, pow, missing, cox, bennett, bishop, cook, pike, turner, chappel, condliffe, payne -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Alken Press Pty Ltd, Kill the Prisoners, 1995
... Kill the Prisoners ...Soft cover book with red and white cover and title in white. 392 pages with black and white photos and honour roll at end."(illegible name) 97"books, military history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Prisoners of War. Prom Gallipoli to Korea, 1992
... Prisoners of War. Prom Gallipoli to Korea. ...Hard cover, black colour buckram, gold print on spine Dust cover, background collection of black and white photographs of military personnel in uniform. Title and author print in white, grey on red and black background. 599 pages cut plain. Illustrated black and white photographsFront fly leaf - hand written black ink "?? Daly/frou Doreen/1992" Front fly leaf - hand written blue ink "Sister M Seagrave" Front fly leaf - owners label "From Bishop Noel Daly's collection 2004books, military history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Claim for Special Allowance to Ex-Prisoners of War 1939-45
... Claim for Special Allowance to Ex-Prisoners of War 1939-45. ...The book belonged to George Llewellyn Thomas VX58918 2nd AIF, POW. Refer 1075 for service history also 1073.2, 1074P. Soft cover book. Cover is cardboard. Book binding brown ..cloth tape with staples. Covers fawn coloured.Black printing on front cover. 131 pages, paper cut, plain & off white Inside cover on first page handwritten blue ink " G.L.Thomas./7 Creeth St./Long Gully,/Bendigo" book, history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Carolyn Newman, Legacies of our Fathers. World War II Prisoners of the Japanese - Their Sons & Daughters tell their Stories, c.2006
... Legacies of our Fathers. World War II Prisoners of the ...Book, light green soft cover, photo in centre of 2 small boys standing to attention. 236 pages. Back cover has photo of the Editor on lower LHS.Written on title page: Donated by F O'Connellbooks, history -
Australian Commando Association - Victoria
Book, LtCol Neil C Smith, PRISONERS OF WAR ON THE MONTEVIDEO MARU
... PRISONERS OF WAR ON THE MONTEVIDEO MARU ...non-fiction -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Department of Veterans' Affair, Stolen Years : Australian Prisoners of War, 2002
... Stolen Years : Australian Prisoners of War...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Australia ...Created by the Australian War Memorial, this book is an online companion to a travelling exhibition that explores the lives of those who were held captive by the Japanese. It describes what happened during the time these individuals spend months and years behind barbed wire, hungry, bored, cold, and sick. The book tells the story of how many survived and why they deserve our respect and understanding.Ill, p.157.non-fictionCreated by the Australian War Memorial, this book is an online companion to a travelling exhibition that explores the lives of those who were held captive by the Japanese. It describes what happened during the time these individuals spend months and years behind barbed wire, hungry, bored, cold, and sick. The book tells the story of how many survived and why they deserve our respect and understanding. world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – australia, prisoners of war - australia - pictorial works -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Ken Fin, Prisoners of war: From Gallipoli to Korea
... Prisoners of war: From Gallipoli to Korea...australia - prisoners of war ...In 'Prisoners of War' dozens of interviews with former POWs are used to show the strength and courage of Australians taken prisoner in World War I, World War II and the Korean War. This book was written for those who know little of the experiences of these men and women; their courage, endurance and pain.Index, ill (B/W plates), p.726.non-fictionIn 'Prisoners of War' dozens of interviews with former POWs are used to show the strength and courage of Australians taken prisoner in World War I, World War II and the Korean War. This book was written for those who know little of the experiences of these men and women; their courage, endurance and pain.australia - military history, australia - prisoners of war -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Macmillan, P.O.W. : Australian prisoners of war in Hitler's Reich, 2011
... P.O.W. : Australian prisoners of war in Hitler's Reich...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Germany ...Australians from every field of conflict in World War II found themselves as prisoners in Hitler's notorious Stalags, or prisoner of war camps. Most were forced to labour in factories, down mines or on the land - often in conditions of enormous privation and hardship. All suffered from shortages, overcrowding and the mental strain of imprisonment. Peter Monteath's fascinating narrative history is exhaustively researched, and compelling in its detailed evocation.Index, bibliography, notes, ill, p.523.non-fictionAustralians from every field of conflict in World War II found themselves as prisoners in Hitler's notorious Stalags, or prisoner of war camps. Most were forced to labour in factories, down mines or on the land - often in conditions of enormous privation and hardship. All suffered from shortages, overcrowding and the mental strain of imprisonment. Peter Monteath's fascinating narrative history is exhaustively researched, and compelling in its detailed evocation.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – germany, prisoners of war - australia -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, George Allen & Unwin, Twilight liberation : Australian prisoners of war between Hiroshima and home, 1985
... Twilight liberation : Australian prisoners of war between...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese ...Australian prisoners of war in Japan in the aftermath of The Japanese surrenderIll, p.165non-fictionAustralian prisoners of war in Japan in the aftermath of The Japanese surrenderworld war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese, world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - australia -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, P.O.W. : prisoners of war, 1985
... P.O.W. : prisoners of war...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese ...Within three months of the Japanese entering World War II on December 8, 1941 over 22 000 Australians had become prisoners-of-war. They went into camps in Timor, Ambon, New Britain, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Singapore and Malaya, and a few were scattered to other points in what was briefly part of the Japanese empire. Later most of the prisoners were to be shifted further north into South-east Asia, Formosa, Korea, Manchuria and Japan itself. They were captives within lands and cultures and to experiences alien to those known to all other Australians. At the end of the war in August 1945, 14315 servicemen and thirty service women were alive to put on new, loose-fitting uniforms and go home. One in three of the prisoners had died. That is, nearly half of the deaths suffered by Australians in the war in the Pacific were among men and women who had surrendered. Another 8174 Australians had been captured in the fighting in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa: but of these men only 265 died as a result of wounds, disease or execution.By any quantitative measure the imprisonment of so many Australians is a major event in Australian history. For many soldiers it was living --and dying --in captivity which made World War II different from that of World War I. But the prisoners have received no permanent place in Australian history. Their story is not immediately recalled on celebratory occasions. In a general history of the nation in which a chapter is given to the war the prisoners might be mentioned in a sentence, or part of a sentence. Where the horror, stoicism and gallantry of Gallipoli have become part of a common tradition shared by all Australians, the ex-prisoners are granted just the horror. The public may be sympathetic; but the horror is for the prisoners alone. To make another comparison: in five months of fighting on the Kokoda Trail in 1942 the Australians lost 625 dead, less than the number who died on Ambon. Yet the events on Ambon are unknown to most Australians. There were no reporters or cameramen on Ambon and, for the 309 who defended Ambon's Laha airfield, no survivors. How many of them died in battle or died as prisoners will never be known. But there are more than just practical reasons why the record of the prisoners of war is so slight and uneven in the general knowledge of Australians. They have not tried to find out. No historian has written a book to cover the range of camps and experiences, and only in specialist medical publications has anyone investigated the impact of prison life on subsequent physical and mental health. The complexity of the experience and its impact on particular lives have not been expressed in a way to give them significance for other Australians.Index, bib, ill, maps, p.224.Within three months of the Japanese entering World War II on December 8, 1941 over 22 000 Australians had become prisoners-of-war. They went into camps in Timor, Ambon, New Britain, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Singapore and Malaya, and a few were scattered to other points in what was briefly part of the Japanese empire. Later most of the prisoners were to be shifted further north into South-east Asia, Formosa, Korea, Manchuria and Japan itself. They were captives within lands and cultures and to experiences alien to those known to all other Australians. At the end of the war in August 1945, 14315 servicemen and thirty service women were alive to put on new, loose-fitting uniforms and go home. One in three of the prisoners had died. That is, nearly half of the deaths suffered by Australians in the war in the Pacific were among men and women who had surrendered. Another 8174 Australians had been captured in the fighting in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa: but of these men only 265 died as a result of wounds, disease or execution.By any quantitative measure the imprisonment of so many Australians is a major event in Australian history. For many soldiers it was living --and dying --in captivity which made World War II different from that of World War I. But the prisoners have received no permanent place in Australian history. Their story is not immediately recalled on celebratory occasions. In a general history of the nation in which a chapter is given to the war the prisoners might be mentioned in a sentence, or part of a sentence. Where the horror, stoicism and gallantry of Gallipoli have become part of a common tradition shared by all Australians, the ex-prisoners are granted just the horror. The public may be sympathetic; but the horror is for the prisoners alone. To make another comparison: in five months of fighting on the Kokoda Trail in 1942 the Australians lost 625 dead, less than the number who died on Ambon. Yet the events on Ambon are unknown to most Australians. There were no reporters or cameramen on Ambon and, for the 309 who defended Ambon's Laha airfield, no survivors. How many of them died in battle or died as prisoners will never be known. But there are more than just practical reasons why the record of the prisoners of war is so slight and uneven in the general knowledge of Australians. They have not tried to find out. No historian has written a book to cover the range of camps and experiences, and only in specialist medical publications has anyone investigated the impact of prison life on subsequent physical and mental health. The complexity of the experience and its impact on particular lives have not been expressed in a way to give them significance for other Australians.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese, world war 1939-1945 - personal narrativies - australia -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Cameron Forbes, Hellfire : The Story of Australia, Japan and the Prisoners of War, 2005
... Hellfire : The Story of Australia, Japan and the Prisoners...World war 1939-1945 - Prisoners and Prisons - Japan ...For months during 1943 there was no night in Hellfire Pass. By the light of flares, carbide lamps and bamboo fires, men near-naked and skeletal cut a passage through stone to make way for a railway. Among these men were some of the 22,000 Australian soldiers taken prisoner by the Japanese during World War II. In camps across Asia and the Pacific, they struggled, died, and survived with a little help from their mates. 'Hellfire' was researched in Australia, Japan and across South-East Asia. It draws on 50 first-person interviews, ranging from former prisoners to an old Mon villager deep in the Burmese jungle, and from Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew to veterans of the Imperial Japanese Army. The result is a tour de force, a powerful and searing history of the prisoners of the Japanese.Index, ill, bib, p.559.non-fictionFor months during 1943 there was no night in Hellfire Pass. By the light of flares, carbide lamps and bamboo fires, men near-naked and skeletal cut a passage through stone to make way for a railway. Among these men were some of the 22,000 Australian soldiers taken prisoner by the Japanese during World War II. In camps across Asia and the Pacific, they struggled, died, and survived with a little help from their mates. 'Hellfire' was researched in Australia, Japan and across South-East Asia. It draws on 50 first-person interviews, ranging from former prisoners to an old Mon villager deep in the Burmese jungle, and from Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew to veterans of the Imperial Japanese Army. The result is a tour de force, a powerful and searing history of the prisoners of the Japanese. world war 1939-1945 - prisoners and prisons - japan, burma - siam railway -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Big Sky Publishing et al, Aussie soldier prisoners of war, 2009
... Aussie soldier prisoners of war...Prisoners of war - Australia ...Almost 35,000 Australian service personnel were taken prisoner during the Boer War, World War I, World War II and the Korean War. Living as a POW demanded extremes of courage, defiance and mateship from our servicemen and women. Some lived to tell their tales about extreme suffering and hardship and many would carry with them forever the memories of those who died. AUSSIE SOLDIER: PRISONERS OF WAR is about the men and women who found themselves on the wrong side of the wire. The heartfelt stories will transport you on their very personal journeys. You will relive the capture, living conditions, escape attempts, punishments, humour, strength and morale -- and for some -- the eventual taste of freedom.Index, ill, bib, maps, p.308.non-fictionAlmost 35,000 Australian service personnel were taken prisoner during the Boer War, World War I, World War II and the Korean War. Living as a POW demanded extremes of courage, defiance and mateship from our servicemen and women. Some lived to tell their tales about extreme suffering and hardship and many would carry with them forever the memories of those who died. AUSSIE SOLDIER: PRISONERS OF WAR is about the men and women who found themselves on the wrong side of the wire. The heartfelt stories will transport you on their very personal journeys. You will relive the capture, living conditions, escape attempts, punishments, humour, strength and morale -- and for some -- the eventual taste of freedom.prisoners of war - australia, prisoners of war - australia - pictorial works