| Description |
xxiii, 179 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Includes index |
| Summary |
Over 60,000 Australians and Americans captured by the Japanese during World War II toiled and died to build the Bridge over the River Kwai. Respected military historian Linda Goetz Holmes tells the story of one man's survival in Japanese labor camps during WWII. Amazing photographs, taken secretly by other prisoners, chronicle this dark history of Allied troops in the Pacific theatre of war) and index |
| Analysis |
Australian Army |
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Concentration camps |
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History, 1901-1945 |
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Pioneer Battalion, 2/2 |
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Prisoners of war |
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Thailand |
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World War 2 |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Australian |
| Notes |
CIP confirmed |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 174-175 |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Dickson, Cecil.
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Dickson, Cecil., 1902-1988
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Australia. Australian Army. Pioneer Battalion, 2/2nd
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Australia. Australian Army. Pioneer Battalion, 2/2.
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Burma-Siam Railroad.
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Australia. Australian Army -- Pioneer Battalion, 2/2
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Prisoners of war -- Australia.
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Prisoners of war -- Japan.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Australian.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Japanese.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Personal narratives.
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| LC no. |
94127659 |
| ISBN |
1863735798 |
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