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Author Cassidy, Barrie

Title Private Bill : In Love and War
Published Melbourne : Melbourne University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (176 pages)
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Map of Crete; 1. A Regrettable Decision; 2. Awkward Questions; 3. The Other Side of the World; 4. Operation Mercury; 5. A Prime Target; 6. A Distant Roar; 7. Hill 107; 8. Precious Lives Lost; 9. Prisoners of War; 10. Trying to Be Brave; 11. In an Odious Place; 12. The Cattle Train; 13. Unbearable Reminders; 14. The Not-so-great Escape; 15. Lighter Hearts; 16. Dangerous Defiance; 17. The Best Camp in Austria; 18. Badly Knocked About; 19. 'Get up You Lazy Bastards!'; 20. Time to Themselves; 21. Going with the Flow; 22. Myra's Secret; 23. All that Anyone Needs
Summary Barrie Cassidy's dad Bill survived more than four years as a prisoner of war in World War II. He first saw conflict on Crete in May 1941, during the only large-scale parachute invasion in wartime history. Just four days later, Bill was wounded and eventually captured. Twice he tried to escape his internment with horrific consequences. He suffered greatly but found courageous support from his fellow prisoners. His new wife Myra and his large family thought he was dead until news of his capture finally reached them. Back home, Myra too was a prisoner of sorts, with her own secrets. Then, 50 year
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Subject Cassidy, William
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisons and prisoners, Australian -- Biography
Prisoners of war -- Australia -- Biography
Prisoners of war -- Austria -- Klagenfurt -- Biography
Family secrets -- Australia
Adopted children -- Australia
Adopted children
Family secrets
Prisoners of war
Australia
Austria -- Klagenfurt
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 052286614X
9780522866148
9780522866131
0522866131