Title Ghosts in Khaki : the history of the 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion, 8th Australian Division A.I.F / by Les Cody

Published Carlisle, W. Aust. : Hesperian Press, 1997

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	940.541294 Cod/Gik		AVAILABLE

Description xiii, 374 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm Contents Part 1 Australia at war:The making of a soldier 1940-41 ; The Eighth division ; The 2/4th machine gun battalion ; Northam...1940 ; On to Adelaide ; The road north ; Darwin ; Embarkation, Sydney, Fremantle, Singapore, Back at Fremantle -- Part 2 At war with Japan: Malaya/Singapore 1941-42 ; Malaya ; The Japanese attack ; Australians in action ; Singapore ; The machine gunners Part 3 The end of the road: Prisoners of war 1942-45 ; Surrender ; Changi ; The Burma-Thailand railway ; Borneo ; Japan ; Freedom Analysis Australian Notes Errata sheet inserted Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page ix) Subject Cody, Les, 1918- Australia. Australian Army. Australian Machine Gun Battalion, 2/4th. -- Biography Australia. Australian Army. Australian Machine Gun Battalion, 2/4th. -- History Australia. Australian Army. Machine Gun Battalion, 2/4th Burma-Siam Railroad. Prisoners of war -- Australia. Prisoners of war -- Thailand. World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Australian. World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Singapore. World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Southeast Asia. World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisons and prisoners, Japanese World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Australia. Genre/Form Personal narratives. ISBN 0859052354

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