A true story of the great escape : a young Australian POW in the most audacious breakout of WWII / L...
A true story of the great escape : a young Australian POW in the most audacious breakout of WWII / L...
A true story of the great escape : a young Australian POW in the most audacious breakout of WWII / Louise Williams.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2017.
Call Numbers
H 2017/786
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
284 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction..1 The lost letter..2 The other side of the wire..3 How to tell a true war story..4 Great expectations - the making of a young man..5 The next leg..6 Introducing Michal..7 Paradise on sea..8 In search of a decent education..9 The arrest..10 The rise of an Aussie icon..11 Choosing the fu...
Publication information
Publisher
Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2017.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
2017.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
The first book to tell the story of an Australian POW in the famous Great Escape from Stalag Luft III in World War II, this is a moving account of the far too short life of a talented young man and a family hit hard by the Depression and war.
Shot down in 1942, young Australian fighter pilot John Williams DFC became a POW in the notorious Stalag Luft III camp in Germany. John had joined the air force shortly before the outbreak of war and, in the larrikin tradition, led his squadron into air combat over the deserts of Libya and Egypt dressed in sandals and shorts...John and his best mat...
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Full title
A true story of the great escape : a young Australian POW in the most audacious breakout of WWII / Louise Williams.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Call Numbers
H 2017/786
Record Identifier
74VKVa2WoR7O
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVa2WoR7O
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9781760296148 :
DDC
940.547243
MMS ID
991024098918102626
