| Description |
xiii, 176 pages 8 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Decimation -- Ch. 2. The swamp -- Ch. 3. Parting company -- Ch. 4. Communist guerrillas -- Ch. 5. A man called Smyllie -- Ch. 6. Hop, step, jump -- Ch. 7. Padang -- Ch. 8. Second class passenger -- Ch. 9. Home soil -- Ch. 10. Mutiny -- Ch. 11. Burned bridges |
| Summary |
This is the amazing true story of fifteen Australian soldiers who refused to surrender when the Japanese steamrolled down the Malayan Peninsula early in 1942. Their will to survive and evade capture would lead them on a remarkable journey back to Australia - frought with starvation, illness, adversity and great hardship. On arrival in Australia several months later, there were few greetings, no decorations - but disbelief. They were considered deserters and given the title, ̀€The Malayan Harriers' |
| Analysis |
Australia Australian Army Battalion, 2/29th Biography |
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World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Malaysia Malaya |
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World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, Australian |
| Notes |
c 1990 |
| Subject |
Australia. Australian Army. Battalion, 2/29th. -- Personal narratives
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Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1940-1947). Battalion, 2/29th -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945.
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Fiction.
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War.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Australian.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Malaysia -- Malaya.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Malaya -- Personal narratives, Australian
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Malaysia -- Malaya -- Personal narratives, Australian.
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| SUBJECT |
Malaysia -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85080082 -- Personal narratives.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001714
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Malaysia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85080081
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| Genre/Form |
Personal narratives.
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Biographies.
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| LC no. |
90156434 |
| ISBN |
1875165177 (paperback) |
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1875165185 |
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