Title When the war came : New Guinea Islands 1942 : personal stories of those who faced WWII on Australian territory and our greatest maritime disaster - the sinking of Montevideo Maru / compiled by Gayle Thwaites

Published Roseville, NSW Papua New Guinea Association of Australia Inc., 2017 ©2017

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W'PONDS	940.547252 Thw/Wtw		AVAILABLE

Description xxviii, 514 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm Summary A social history of those who faced WWII on Australian territory - stories of evacuation, escape, massacres, prisoners of war and our greatest maritime disaster, the tragic sinking of Montevideo Maru. Commorating the 75th anniversary of this period in the New Guinea Islands. This collection of personal and family stories is about the Australian settlers in New Guinea, civilians and ex-servicemen who had their lives disrupted by war, and of the young soldiers who found themselves defending a tropical township Subject Montevideo Maru (Ship) World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Australian. Prisoners of war -- Australia. World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Papua New Guinea -- Rabaul. World War, 1939-1945 -- Papua New Guinea -- Participation, Australian. World War, 1939-1945 -- Papua New Guinea -- Personal narratives, Australian. World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Papua New Guinea -- Rabaul. SUBJECT Papua New Guinea -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097691 -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476 Papua New Guinea http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81034915 -- History, Military -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006110 Genre/Form Biographies. Personal narratives. Author Thwaites, Gayle, compiler Papua New Guinea Association of Australia Inc., issuing body ISBN 9780648008514 (paperback) 0648008517 (paperback)

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