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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 -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. ...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. ...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...Framed photograph Photograph Japanese prisoners with wounds dressed by Australians ... -
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 Featherston and Cowra during World War 2 ...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Australia Prisoners of war - Japan - Escapes Approach to understanding the cultural dimensions of the behaviour of Japanese prisoners of war. ...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 Howitzer Battalion, Dutch East Indies Army. ...Photo copy of a Japanese Prisoner of War record....Japanese Prisoner of War record for Sgt Ignacio EISMA, 1st Howitzer Battalion, Dutch East Indies Army. ...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, Lothian Books, Defying the odds : surviving Sandakan and Kuching, 2006
... Japanese...Prisoners of war - Sandakan and Kuching...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese Prisoners of war - Sandakan and Kuching 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. ...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, Werner Laurie, The naked island, 1954
... Japanese...Prisoners of war - Australia...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese Prisoners of war - Australia Story of the Malayan Campaign of 1942 and subsequent captivity in the hands of the Japanese from a private soldier's point of view. ...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, John Towers, The tale of a Tojo tourist, 1997
... Japanese prisoners of war - Australia...Japanese prisoners of war - Australia World war 1939-1945 - Prisoners and Prisons - Japan Experiences of a prisoner on the Burma to Siam railway Ill, p.110. ...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, Publisher unknown, The true story of the death railway and the bridge on the river Kwai, 199?
... Japanese...Prisoners of war - Japan - Death railway...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese Prisoners of war - Japan - Death railway Illustrated story of the infamous death railway between Thailand and Burma Ill, p.60. ...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
... Japanese...Prisoners of war - Biography - Australia...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese Prisoners of war - Biography - Australia 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. ...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, Corgi Books, Die like the carp! : the story of the greatest prison escape ever, 1978
... ...Japanese prisoners of war - Australia...Escaped prisoners of war - Australia Japanese prisoners of war - Australia Escape of Japanese prisoners of war held at Cowra, N.S.W., Australia. ...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...Escaped prisoners of war - Australia Japanese prisoners of war - Australia Escape of Japanese prisoners of war held at Cowra, N.S.W., Australia. ...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 -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchBook - Hardcover book, Jessie Elizabeth Simons, While history passed : the story of the Australian Nurses who were prisoners of the Japanese for three and a half years, 1954
... Japanese...Prisoners of War...Sister Jessie Elizabeth Simons Vyner Brooke Japanese Prisoners of War World War 2 Australian Nurses WW2 WWII Sister Jessie Elizabeth Simons tells the story of the sixty-five members of the Australian Army Nursing Service who were evacuated from Singapore just before the arrival of the Japanese, their ship was bombed and sunk and they were captured by the Japanese soldiers and held in prison camps until the day of liberation. ...Sister Jessie Elizabeth Simons tells the story of the sixty-five members of the Australian Army Nursing Service who were evacuated from Singapore just before the arrival of the Japanese, their ship was bombed and sunk and they were captured by the Japanese soldiers and held in prison camps until the day of liberation.Dark green, faded cloth bound book with a bright orange sticker at the bottom of the spine.non-fictionSister Jessie Elizabeth Simons tells the story of the sixty-five members of the Australian Army Nursing Service who were evacuated from Singapore just before the arrival of the Japanese, their ship was bombed and sunk and they were captured by the Japanese soldiers and held in prison camps until the day of liberation. sister jessie elizabeth simons, vyner brooke, japanese, prisoners of war, world war 2, australian nurses, ww2, wwii -
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 prisoners of war - Biography Descriptions of the experiences of allied prisoners of way in Taiwan Ill, maps, p.264 Banzai, you bastards Book Souvenir Jack Edwards ...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
... Features Japanese Soldier's "Good Luck" flag and Japanese prisoners at the Weir family property on the front cover. ...Features Japanese Soldier's "Good Luck" flag and Japanese prisoners at the Weir family property on the front cover. ...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 Correspondent, POW on the Burma Siam Railway”...The story of Japanese Prisoners of War by Rohan Rivett “War Correspondent, POW on the Burma Siam Railway” Books military history POW’s Front fly leaf, hand written in grey lead pencil, “8a A.E. ...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, Panther, Empire of the sun, 1985
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese...world war 1939-1945 - fiction World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese The heartrending story of British boy Jim's four year ordeal in a Japanese prison camp during the second world war. ...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...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese Burma - Thailand Railway 2000 survivors of the Burma railway were sent to Japan but their ship was sunk by an american submarine. ...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...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese Prison camp - Ambon The captivity experiences of Gull Force taken prisoner by the Japanese in Ambon in 1942 Index, bib, ill, map, p.220. ...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...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese Atrocities - Japan The story of the infamous Bataan death march Index, ill, map, p.242. ...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, Hugh V. Clarke and Colin Burgess, Barbed wire and bamboo : Australian POWs in Europe, North Africa, Singapore, Thailand and Japan, 1993
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Germany A collection of stories of capture, imprisonment and escape in World War I and II. ...A collection of stories of capture, imprisonment and escape in World War I and II. Covering experiences in Europe and in South East Asia, the book presents contrasting PoW experiences - of daring escapes from Colditz Castle, and of endurance and slow suffering in Japanese camps.Ill, maps, p.159A collection of stories of capture, imprisonment and escape in World War I and II. Covering experiences in Europe and in South East Asia, the book presents contrasting PoW experiences - of daring escapes from Colditz Castle, and of endurance and slow suffering in Japanese camps.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese, world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – germany -
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...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese World War 1939-1945 - Personal narratives - Australia Australian prisoners of war in Japan in the aftermath of The Japanese surrender Ill, p.165 Twilight liberation : Australian prisoners of war between Hiroshima and home Book George Allen & Unwin Hugh V Clarke ...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...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese Australian Army Nursing Service The story of the experiences of Australian Army nurses as Japanese prisoners of war Index, ill, p.162. ...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 -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, P.O.W. : prisoners of war, 1985
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese World war 1939-1945 - Personal narrativies - Australia Within three months of the Japanese entering World War II on December 8, 1941 over 22 000 Australians had become prisoners-of-war. ...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 BranchBook, Hesperian Press, Borneo surgeon : a reluctant hero : the life and times of Dr. James Patrick Taylor, OBE, MB, CH.M, 1995
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese World war 1939 – 1945 – Personal narratives – Australia Peter 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. ...Peter 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 authorIll, 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 -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchOne Day Hill, The line : a man's experience; a son's quest to understand, 2006
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese Burma - Thailand Railway A man's reflection of the infamous Burma railway p.190. ...A man's reflection of the infamous Burma railwayp.190.non-fictionA man's reflection of the infamous Burma railwayworld war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese, burma - thailand railway -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Oldhams Press, Destined meeting, 1959
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese Changi prison - Singapore An account of a husband and wife interned in Singapore during Wprld War Two. ...An account of a husband and wife interned in Singapore during Wprld War Two.Index, ill, p.253.non-fictionAn account of a husband and wife interned in Singapore during Wprld War Two.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese, changi prison - singapore -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Australian Military History Publications, Men of the line : building the Burma-Thai railway, 1942-1945, 2005
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese...Burma - Thailand Railway World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese Biographical account of the travails of an p Australian risoner on the Burma railway Ill, index, p.192. ...Biographical account of the travails of an p Australian risoner on the Burma railwayIll, index, p.192.non-fictionBiographical account of the travails of an p Australian risoner on the Burma railwayburma - thailand railway, world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Harper Collins, Hell's heroes, 2009
... World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners - Japanese Atrocities - Japan Hell′s Heroes is the story of the POW camp that never was − so dubbed by one old soldier because the atrocities that occurred there went largely unreported at the time. ...Hell′s Heroes is the story of the POW camp that never was − so dubbed by one old soldier because the atrocities that occurred there went largely unreported at the time. For while the Burma−Thai railway‚ the Bataan death march and events at Changi and in many other parts of Asia became synonymous with Japanese brutality‚ most of the camps which were set up to provide slave labour for the enemy military machine at home were slowly forgotten in the aftermath of World War II.Ill, maps, p.359.non-fictionHell′s Heroes is the story of the POW camp that never was − so dubbed by one old soldier because the atrocities that occurred there went largely unreported at the time. For while the Burma−Thai railway‚ the Bataan death march and events at Changi and in many other parts of Asia became synonymous with Japanese brutality‚ most of the camps which were set up to provide slave labour for the enemy military machine at home were slowly forgotten in the aftermath of World War II.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese, atrocities - japan -
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...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese Burma Thailand railway 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. ...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...World war 1939 – 1945 - Prisons and prisoners – Japanese Changi prison George Aspinalls photography hobby during captivity has resulted in a unique visual diary. ...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
