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Author Hall, E. R., Group Captain.

Title The Burma-Thailand railway of death / E.R. "Bon" Hall
Published Armadale, Vic. : Graphic Books, 1981

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 W'PONDS  940.547252 Hal  AVAILABLE
Description 7 unnumbered pages, 295 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps ; 26 cm
Contents Hell ships -- Into the bag -- The Timor disaster -- "A" Force -- A railway is planned -- Into the Burma jungle -- 26 Kilo camp - Kun Knit Kway -- No. 5 Branch -- Changes in the jungle -- The 55 Kilo hospital camp -- The end of the Burma section -- The 105 Kilo camp -- Mersing mines and Changi -- A new target date is set -- Into the Thailand jungle -- "F" Force -- "H" Force -- Out of the jungle -- Nakom Paton hospital -- Back to Khanburi -- The lighter side -- Bound for Japan -- Saigon -- Return to Changi -- Release and a glorious homecoming -- Reflections -- Rehabilitation -- The railway today -- "Best you forget"
Notes Railway services. Burma & Thailand. Burma-Thailand Railway. Construction by Australian prisoners of war, 1942-1945. Personal observations (ANB/PRECIS SIN 0578207)
Bibliography Bibliography: 3rd prelim. page
Subject Hall, E. R.
Burma-Siam Railroad.
Prisoners of war -- Burma.
Prisoners of war -- Australia -- Biography.
Prisoners of war -- Australia.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Australian.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Thailand.
SUBJECT Myanmar -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018122
Thailand -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85134445
Genre/Form Personal narratives.
LC no. 82166016
ISBN 0949847054