Physical description

Hardcover navy blue book with title, subheading and author in white print. There is a red strip across the bottom right corner that reads 'memorial edition'. The title information is printed over an image of six men in uniform posing in front of a vehicle , a list of names, and a symbol of the Australian Army Medical Corps.

Publication type

non-fiction

Summary

1. Battle Station Malaya
2. War in the Far East
3. The Withdrawal Begins
4. The Siege of Singapore
5. Nurses under Fire
6. The Last Five Days
7. Capitulation and Captivity
8. Work Parties
9. 'A' Force to Burma
10. Japan Parties
11. Adjusting to Captivity
12. 'B' and 'E' Force to Borneo
13. The Barracks Square Incident
14. POW Life in the Far East
15. 'F' Force Part One
16. 'F' Force Part Two: the Diary of Glenleigh Skewes
17. Other Work Forces on the Burma-Thailand Railway
18. The Show Goes On
19. Changi and Woodlands - 1945
20. The 'X3' party
21. Liberation
22. Reunions, Associations and Memorials. [From Trove record]

'This is the story of the eighteen hundred members of the Australian Army Medical Corps 8th Division serving with Malaya Command, who were forced to endure life as prisoners of war, following the fall of Singapore on 15th february 1942' [From back cover]