Title Anzac journeys : returning to the battlefields of World War II / Bruce Scates with Alexandra McCosker, Keir Reeves, Rebecca Wheatley, Damien Williams

Published Melbourne, Vic. : Cambridge University Press, 2013 New York ; Port Melbourne, VIC : Cambridge University Press, 2013 ©2013

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Description xv, 307 pages : some colour illustrations, maps, ; 26 cm regular print Contents Introduction -- Part One: Captivity narratives -- 'If only I knew what has become of him': the loss of Australia's prisoners of war -- Witness to war: the first journeys -- Bringing up the bodies: commemorating our war dead -- Unspeakable histories: from Singapore to Hellfire Pass -- The Death March: journeys back to Sandakan -- Part 2: Desert and Island -- Death in the desert: North Africa -- A post-war dream: Greece and Crete -- Part 3: Air and sea -- Seeking the unknown: remembering Sydney -- Journeys into night: bomber command -- Part 4: Australia's front line -- Walking the Trail: Kokoda -- A city at war: Darwin -- Conclusion Summary Australians have been making pilgrimages to the battlefields and cemeteries of World War Two since the 1940s, from the jungles of New Guinea and South-East Asia to the mountains of Greece and the deserts of North Africa. They travel in search of the stories of lost loved ones, to mourn the dead and to come to grips with the past. With characteristic empathy, Bruce Scates charts the history of pilgrimages to Crete, Kokoda, Sandakan and Hellfire Pass. He explores the emotional resonance that these sites have for those who served and those who remember. Based on surveys, interviews, extensive fieldwork and archival research, Anzac Journeys offers insights into the culture of loss and commemoration and the hunger for meaning so pivotal to the experience of pilgrimage. Richly illustrated with full-colour maps and photographs from the 1940s to today, Anzac Journeys makes an important and moving contribution to Australian military history Analysis Australian Notes Chapter on Darwin owes much to NTL NTAS Darwin RSL & CDU Professor Andrew Reeves Dr. Bill Garner Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-298) and index Subject Battlefields -- History. Battlefields. World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns. World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Australian. World War, 1939-1945 -- Battlefields. World War, 1939-1945 -- Battlefields -- Australia. World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Darwin (N.T.) World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Darwin (N.T.) -- Aerial operations, Japanese. World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Darwin -- Aerial operations, Japanese World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia. World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Darwin SUBJECT Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- History, Military. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005863 Darwin (N.T.) -- History -- Bombardment, 1942. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00001026 Author McCosker, Alexandra, author Reeves, Keir, author Wheatley, Rebecca, author Williams, Damien (Historian), author LC no. 2012533368 ISBN 9781107020672 (hardback)

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