Showing 216 items matching "japanese prisoners"
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Bendigo Military MuseumPhotograph - PHOTOGRAPHS , POW's at TUROKINA, c 1945-46
... Japanese Prisoners...Japanese Prisoners from Nauru marched to Bougainville...5304.1P - B & W photo, reprint of Japanese Prisoners...5304.1P -Japanese Prisoners from Nauru B... marched... goldfields Japanese Prisoners from Nauru marched to Bougainville ...Japanese Prisoners from Nauru marched to Bougainville. 5304.1P -Japanese Prisoners being marched from Nauru to Bougainville. 5304.2P - Japanese Prisoners embarking from Torokina to Fauro Island 1945-46. 5304.3P - Japanese War graves at Slatters Knoll, Bougainville. 5304.4P - Japanese Officer Prisoners.Torokina.5304.1P - B & W photo, reprint of Japanese Prisoners. 5304.2P - B & W photo, reprint of Japanese Prisoners. 5304.3P - B & W photo, reprint of Japanese War grave at Bougainville. 5304.4P - B & W photo, reprint of Japanese Officer Prisoners.5304.1P -Japanese Prisoners from Nauru B... marched beach to compound Br 25th WF Bat. 5304.2P - Japanese Prisoners preparing to embark from Torokina to Fauro Island 1945-46. 5304.3P - Japanese Mass graves at Slatters Knoll, Buin Rd, after battle of Easal 1945. 5304.4P - 2nd /25 Aust Inf Battalion - Japanese Prisoners. Torokina.japanese prisoners, torokina, mass war grave, slatters knoll -
Ringwood RSL Sub-BranchPhotograph - Japanese prisoners with wounds dressed by Australians, Framed photograph
... Japanese prisoners with wounds dressed by Australians... melbourne Framed photograph Photograph Japanese prisoners ... -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, University of Queensland Press, Japanese prisoners of war in revolt : the outbreaks at Featherston and Cowra during World War 2, 1978
... Japanese prisoners of war in revolt : the outbreaks at... Prisoners of war - Japan - Escapes Approach to understanding ...Approach to understanding the cultural dimensions of the behaviour of Japanese prisoners of war.Index, ill, maps, p.225.non-fictionApproach to understanding the cultural dimensions of the behaviour of Japanese prisoners of war. world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – australia, prisoners of war - japan - escapes -
Bendigo Military MuseumAdministrative record - RECORD - POW, c.1941 - 1943
... Japanese Prisoner of War record for Sgt Ignacio EISMA, 1st...Photo copy of a Japanese Prisoner of War record.... goldfields Japanese Prisoner of War record for Sgt Ignacio EISMA, 1st ...Japanese Prisoner of War record for Sgt Ignacio EISMA, 1st Howitzer Battalion, Dutch East Indies Army. Sgt EISMA died 3.1943 at the Rin Tin POW Camp on the Thai Burma Railway. refer Cat No’s 3669P and 3670.Photo copy of a Japanese Prisoner of War record.record, administration, pow, japanese -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Werner Laurie, The naked island, 1954
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese... - Japanese Prisoners of war - Australia Story of the Malayan Campaign ...Story of the Malayan Campaign of 1942 and subsequent captivity in the hands of the Japanese from a private soldier's point of view.Ill, p.266.non-fictionStory of the Malayan Campaign of 1942 and subsequent captivity in the hands of the Japanese from a private soldier's point of view. world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese, prisoners of war - australia -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Corgi Books, Die like the carp! : the story of the greatest prison escape ever, 1978
... Japanese prisoners of war - Australia...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Escaped prisoners of war - Australia Japanese ...Escape of Japanese prisoners of war held at Cowra, N.S.W., Australia.Ill, p.285.non-fictionEscape of Japanese prisoners of war held at Cowra, N.S.W., Australia.escaped prisoners of war - australia, japanese prisoners of war - australia -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Harry Gordon, Voyage from shame: The Cowra breakout and afterwards, 1994
... Japanese prisoners of war - Australia...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Escaped prisoners of war - Australia Japanese ...Escape of Japanese prisoners of war held at Cowra, N.S.W., Australia.Index, bibliography, ill, p.313.non-fictionEscape of Japanese prisoners of war held at Cowra, N.S.W., Australia.escaped prisoners of war - australia, japanese prisoners of war - australia -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Lothian Books, Defying the odds : surviving Sandakan and Kuching, 2006
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese... - Japanese Prisoners of war - Sandakan and Kuching Presents ...Presents a riveting account of the experiences of a unique group of 145 Australian officers who were held prisoners by the Japanese, at Sandakan, and later Kuching, from 1942 to 1945.Index, bib, ill, maps, p.237.non-fictionPresents a riveting account of the experiences of a unique group of 145 Australian officers who were held prisoners by the Japanese, at Sandakan, and later Kuching, from 1942 to 1945.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese, prisoners of war - sandakan and kuching -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Publisher unknown, The true story of the death railway and the bridge on the river Kwai, 199?
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese ...Illustrated story of the infamous death railway between Thailand and BurmaIll, p.60.non-fictionIllustrated story of the infamous death railway between Thailand and Burmaworld war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese, prisoners of war - japan - death railway -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Betty Jeffrey, White coolies, 1954
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese ...In 1942, a group of Australian Army nursing sisters was evacuated from Malaya a few days before the fall of Singapore. two days later their ship was bombed and sunk by the Japanese. Of the fifty-three survivors who scrambled ashore, twenty-one were murdered and the remainder taken prisoner. this engrossing record was kept by one of the surviving sisters, Betty Jeffrey, during the three-and-a-half gruelling years of imprisonment that followed.p.204.non-fictionIn 1942, a group of Australian Army nursing sisters was evacuated from Malaya a few days before the fall of Singapore. two days later their ship was bombed and sunk by the Japanese. Of the fifty-three survivors who scrambled ashore, twenty-one were murdered and the remainder taken prisoner. this engrossing record was kept by one of the surviving sisters, Betty Jeffrey, during the three-and-a-half gruelling years of imprisonment that followed. world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese, prisoners of war - biography - australia -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, John Towers, The tale of a Tojo tourist, 1997
... Japanese prisoners of war - Australia...Japanese prisoners of war - Australia World war 1939-1945 ...Experiences of a prisoner on the Burma to Siam railwayIll, p.110.non-fictionExperiences of a prisoner on the Burma to Siam railwayjapanese prisoners of war - australia, world war 1939-1945 - prisoners and prisons - japan -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Souvenir, Banzai, you bastards, 1991
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese Ex ...Descriptions of the experiences of allied prisoners of way in TaiwanIll, maps, p.264non-fictionDescriptions of the experiences of allied prisoners of way in Taiwanworld war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese, ex prisoners of war - biography -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumBook, A Town at War, 2008
... Soldier's "Good Luck" flag and Japanese prisoners at the Weir family... Soldier's "Good Luck" flag and Japanese prisoners at the Weir family ...Written by Graham Apthorpe after his fascination with WW2 military history. The book reveals for the first time many new stories from WW2. The Cowra story from WW2 is a bitter-sweet one and this book adds considerably to our understanding of this special place in our nations historyBlack and cream coloured soft cover. Features Japanese Soldier's "Good Luck" flag and Japanese prisoners at the Weir family property on the front cover. Japanese War Cemetery at Cowra on a white and cream coloured back coverGraham Apthorpeatown at war, apthorpe g, tatura, ww2, cowra, camp 12, books, history, local -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook - BOOK, POW, Angus and Robertson LTD, Behind Bamboo, First edition 1946
... The story of Japanese Prisoners of War by Rohan Rivett “War... goldfields The story of Japanese Prisoners of War by Rohan Rivett ...The story of Japanese Prisoners of War by Rohan Rivett “War Correspondent, POW on the Burma Siam Railway”Hard cover, buckram, dark fawn colour, blue print on spine, red print symbol on front cover, 400 pages, plain off white, illustrated B & W, colour and maps.Front fly leaf, hand written in grey lead pencil, “8a A.E. Lockwood 12/6”. Front end paper bottom right, book shop label in blue print intelligible.books, military history, pow’s -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Hugh V Clarke, A life for every sleeper : a pictorial record of the Burma - Thailand railway, 1988
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners ...This book is based on documents, photographs and maps preserved in the records of the Australian war memorial, and on the experiences of the author.Ill, p.115.non-fictionThis book is based on documents, photographs and maps preserved in the records of the Australian war memorial, and on the experiences of the author.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese, burma thailand railway -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Changi Photographer : George Aspinall's Record of Captivity, 1984
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners ...George Aspinalls photography hobby during captivity has resulted in a unique visual diary.Index, ill, p.141.non-fictionGeorge Aspinalls photography hobby during captivity has resulted in a unique visual diary.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese, changi prison -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Kangaroo Press, Singapore samurai, 1998
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners ...The authors escape from Changi jail and their subsequent recaapture and ill treatment.p.250.non-fictionThe authors escape from Changi jail and their subsequent recaapture and ill treatment. world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese, changi jail -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, McMillan, British civilians and the Japanese war in Malaya and Singapore, 1941-1945, 1987
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners ...An account of British civilians interned in Malaya and Singapore 1942-1945.Index, bibliography, ill, maps, p.156.non-fictionAn account of British civilians interned in Malaya and Singapore 1942-1945.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese, civilian internment - malaya and singapore -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Tasman Archives, Betrayal in high places, 1996
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese... 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese Alleges ...Alleges an extensive cover-up of Japanese war crimes.Index, ill, p.263.non-fictionAlleges an extensive cover-up of Japanese war crimes.world war 1939-1945 - war crime - japan, world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Monsoon, You'll die in Singapore: True account of one of the most amazing POW escapes in WWII, 2005
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese... – Japanese Prisoner of war escapes - Singapore With sixteen other ...With sixteen other POWs, author Charles McCormac broke out from his POW camp in Japanese-occupied Singapore and began a two-thousand-mile escape from Singapore, through the jungles of Indonesia to Australia. The POWs' escape took a staggering five months and only two out of the original seventeen men survived. This is McCormac's compelling true account of one of the most horrifying and amazing escapes in World War Two. It is a story of courage, endurance and compassion, and makes for a very gripping read.Ill, maps, p.223.non-fictionWith sixteen other POWs, author Charles McCormac broke out from his POW camp in Japanese-occupied Singapore and began a two-thousand-mile escape from Singapore, through the jungles of Indonesia to Australia. The POWs' escape took a staggering five months and only two out of the original seventeen men survived. This is McCormac's compelling true account of one of the most horrifying and amazing escapes in World War Two. It is a story of courage, endurance and compassion, and makes for a very gripping read.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese, prisoner of war escapes - singapore -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Allen & Unwin, The Burma-Thailand railway : memory and history, 1993
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners ...The reminiscences of Australian POW's and Japanese historians at a meeting 50 years after the war ended on the Burma Thailand railway.Index, notes, ill, tales, p.175.non-fictionThe reminiscences of Australian POW's and Japanese historians at a meeting 50 years after the war ended on the Burma Thailand railway.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese, burma - thailand railway -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Pan Macmillan, One fourteenth of an elephant : a memoir of life and death on the Burma-Thailand railway, 2003
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners ...Four and a half days after being transported out of Singapore in a steel goods train in October 1942, prisoner of war Denys Peek found himself in Siam, and a part of the labor force destined for the project that was later to be known as the Thai-Burma Death Railway.Maps, p.520.non-fictionFour and a half days after being transported out of Singapore in a steel goods train in October 1942, prisoner of war Denys Peek found himself in Siam, and a part of the labor force destined for the project that was later to be known as the Thai-Burma Death Railway.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese, burma - thailand railway -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Hachette, The Changi Brownlow, 2010
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese... to the Japanese in early 1942, 70000 prisoners, including 15000 ...After Singapore fell to the Japanese in early 1942, 70000 prisoners, including 15000 Australians, were held as POWs at the notorious Changi prison. To amuse themselves, a group of sportsmen created an Aussie Football League, complete with tribunal, selection panel, umpires and coaches, a final game, and a Brownlow Medal.Index, bibliography, notes, ill, maps, p.376.non-fictionAfter Singapore fell to the Japanese in early 1942, 70000 prisoners, including 15000 Australians, were held as POWs at the notorious Changi prison. To amuse themselves, a group of sportsmen created an Aussie Football League, complete with tribunal, selection panel, umpires and coaches, a final game, and a Brownlow Medal.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese, changi prison - singapore -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Penguin, Behind bamboo, 1991
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners ...The bestselling memoir of life as an Australian POW on the notorious Thai-Burma railway. Rohan Rivett was a journalist in Singapore when it fell to the Japanese in 1942. He escaped south - across the treacherous Bangka Strait - to Indonesia, but was soon captured and became just one of thousands of POWs struggling for existence in a Japanese camp. The struggle was to last for more than three years. Behind Bamboo is unflinching in its honesty and haunting in its realism. It is a vivid, compelling testament to the Australians' will to survive and their unassailable spirit in the face of the most callous inhumanity.Ill, p.400.non-fiction The bestselling memoir of life as an Australian POW on the notorious Thai-Burma railway. Rohan Rivett was a journalist in Singapore when it fell to the Japanese in 1942. He escaped south - across the treacherous Bangka Strait - to Indonesia, but was soon captured and became just one of thousands of POWs struggling for existence in a Japanese camp. The struggle was to last for more than three years. Behind Bamboo is unflinching in its honesty and haunting in its realism. It is a vivid, compelling testament to the Australians' will to survive and their unassailable spirit in the face of the most callous inhumanity.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese, burma - thailand railway -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Panther, Empire of the sun, 1985
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese... - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese The heartrending story of British ...The heartrending story of British boy Jim's four year ordeal in a Japanese prison camp during the second world war. Based on J. G. Ballard's own childhood, this is the extraordinary account of a boy's life in Japanese-occupied wartime Shanghai--a mesmerising, hypnotically compelling novel of war, of starvation and survival, of internment camps and death marches. It blends searing honesty with an almost hallucinatory vision of a world thrown utterly out of joint. Rooted as it is in the author's own disturbing experience of war in our time, it is one of a handful of novels by which the twentieth century will be not only remembered but judged.p.351.fictionThe heartrending story of British boy Jim's four year ordeal in a Japanese prison camp during the second world war. Based on J. G. Ballard's own childhood, this is the extraordinary account of a boy's life in Japanese-occupied wartime Shanghai--a mesmerising, hypnotically compelling novel of war, of starvation and survival, of internment camps and death marches. It blends searing honesty with an almost hallucinatory vision of a world thrown utterly out of joint. Rooted as it is in the author's own disturbing experience of war in our time, it is one of a handful of novels by which the twentieth century will be not only remembered but judged. world war 1939-1945 - fiction, world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Futura Publications, Return from the river Kwai, 1980
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners ...2000 survivors of the Burma railway were sent to Japan but their ship was sunk by an american submarine.Index, ill, maps, p.320.non-fiction2000 survivors of the Burma railway were sent to Japan but their ship was sunk by an american submarine.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese, burma - thailand railway -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Allen & Unwin, Gull Force : Survival and Leadership in Captivity 1941-1945, 1988
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese... Force taken prisoner by the Japanese in Ambon in 1942 Index, bib ...The captivity experiences of Gull Force taken prisoner by the Japanese in Ambon in 1942Index, bib, ill, map, p.220.non-fictionThe captivity experiences of Gull Force taken prisoner by the Japanese in Ambon in 1942world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese, prison camp - ambon -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchJove Books, Bataan : the march of death, 1984
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese...-and-the-dandenong-ranges World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners ...The story of the infamous Bataan death marchIndex, ill, map, p.242.non-fictionThe story of the infamous Bataan death marchworld war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese, atrocities - japan -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, George Allen & Unwin, Twilight liberation : Australian prisoners of war between Hiroshima and home, 1985
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese... Australian prisoners of war in Japan in the aftermath of The 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 BranchBook, University of Queensland Press, Captives: Australian Army Nurses in Japanese Prison Camps, 1986
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese... of the experiences of Australian Army nurses as Japanese prisoners of war ...The story of the experiences of Australian Army nurses as Japanese prisoners of warIndex, ill, p.162.non-fictionThe story of the experiences of Australian Army nurses as Japanese prisoners of warworld war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese, australian army nursing service
