Title The lost battalions : a battle that could not be won, an island that could not be defended, an ally that could not be trusted / Tom Gilling

Published Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2018

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; AUTHOR'S NOTE; 1 BROTHERS IN ARMS; 2 DESTINATION UNKNOWN; 3 GREATCOATS WILL BE WORN; 4 THERE ARE NO JAPANESE WITHIN 100 MILES; 5 THEY GOT NOTHING FROM ME; 6 SPECIAL MISSION 43; 7 JAVA RABBLE; 8 A HELL OF A TEMPER; 9 HUNDREDS OF WHORES AND WICKED BASTARDS; 10 SPEEDO!; 11 ONE VAST HOSPITAL; 12 WHERE ARE THE REST?; 13 STOPPO!; 14 DO NOT OVEREAT; 15 WE HAVE DEVELOPED QUEER HABITS AND OUTLOOK; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Pic section; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX Summary A little known story of two Australian battalions abandoned in Java during World War II and the heroes who kept them alive in the worst of Japan's prisoner of war camps Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 26, 2018) Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Australian World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Indonesia -- Java World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. Prisoners of war -- Australia Prisoners of war -- Abuse of -- Japan Military campaigns Prisoners of war Prisoners of war -- Abuse of SUBJECT Java (Indonesia) -- History, Military -- 20th century Subject Australia Indonesia -- Java Japan Genre/Form Military history Personal narratives Form Electronic book ISBN 1760637084 9781760637088

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