| Description |
xi, 174 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, 1 map, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Medical Humanities collection HHSL
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| Contents |
Foreword -- Preface -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- In the beginning -- Getting away -- Medical reconnaisance -- The Japanese attack -- Captivity begins -- Personal problems -- Early medical problems -- General camp situation -- Move to Java -- Tandjong Priok camp -- Makasura camp -- Life in Cycle camp -- St Vincentius hospital -- Some surgical problems -- Hospital conditions - some personalities -- Move to Bandoeng -- Return to Cycle camp -- Getting home -- Getting out -- Reflections -- Postscript -- Epilogue -- Appendices: A. Formation of Sparrow Force -- B. Cookhouse report -- C. The island drafts -- D. Singapore November -- Report by Lady Mountbatten |
| Summary |
Account of a young doctor's experience as a prisoner of the Japanese in Timor and Java |
| Analysis |
Prisoners--Personal narratives |
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Prisons--Japan--Personal narratives |
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War--Personal narratives |
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World War, 1939-1945--Medical care |
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World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Australian |
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World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese |
| Notes |
Available from The Manager, Gilligham Printers Pty Ltd, 106 Curries Street, Adelaide S.A. 5000 |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Poidevin, Leslie., 1914-
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Poidevin, Leslie.
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Australia. Australian Army. Field Ambulance, 2/12th
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Australian -- Personal narratives
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
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Prisons -- Indonesia -- Personal narratives.
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Prisons -- Timor Island -- Personal narratives.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Australian.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisons and prisoners, Japanese
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Convicts
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Prisoners.
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Prisoners -- history.
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Prisons -- history.
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Prisons.
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Armed Conflicts.
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| SUBJECT |
Japan. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007564 |
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Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
| Genre/Form |
Personal Narrative.
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Personal narratives.
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| ISBN |
0959008721 |
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