Ill, p.151non-fictionPeter Firkins has produced a heroic figure comparable in courage and selflessness to that of the legendary 'Weary' Dunlop, and whose story should be known by all Australians in the same way. What a wonderful epitaph to a man born into a humble Yass family at the end of the nineteenth century who, by his own determination and intellect, won a scholarship for his secondary education at St Patrick's College, Goulburn and an Exhibition to study medicine at Sydney University. Almost by pure chance he pursued his medical career in an outpost of the British Empire then known as British North Borneo to become Principal Medical Officer at the time of the Japanese occupation during World War II. The Japanese allowed the civilian medical staff to remain at their posts with the status of 'simple confinement' while at the same time the bewildered local people looked to someone for leadership in their new and unaccustomed circumstances.Aided by his wonderful wife Celia he was imperceptibly drawn into the key role of organising the underground movement among loyal native and giving support to the Australian Prisoners of War transferred to Borneo from Singapore. In 1943 he was exposed to the Japanese, arrested and terribly tortured. Donated by Major General M.P.J. O'Brien, July 2018. Signed by authorworld war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese, world war 1939 – 1945 – personal narratives – australia

Sunday School Prize.Green Hard Cover. Title in Gold. Coloured Flower Drawings above a drawing of a woman. Yellow picture of child with baby beside drawing. Presented to Ethel Crothers for Diligence and Good Behaviour Charles Akin Supt. W Viant Secystawell education

2003, 327, ron conroy

2000, 315, maureen mcinerney

1987, 242, warwick taylor, heidelberg theatre company inc.

1982, 209, director don taylor, heidelberg theatre company inc

1965, 96, city of heidelberg repertory group, heidelberg theatre company inc, directed by holly langford