Ambon : the truth about one of the most brutal POW camps in World War II and the triumph of the Auss...
Ambon : the truth about one of the most brutal POW camps in World War II and the triumph of the Auss...
Ambon : the truth about one of the most brutal POW camps in World War II and the triumph of the Aussie spirit / Roger Maynard.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Sydney, NSW Hachette Australia, 2016
Call Numbers
H 2016/1519
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xv, 334 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 20 cm.
Content type
cartographic image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Sydney, NSW Hachette Australia, 2016
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
2016
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Brutality, survival, courage and mateship in Ambon - a place of nightmares. In February 1942 the Indonesian island of Ambon fell to the might of the advancing Japanese war machine. Among the captured Allied forces was a unit of 1150 Australian soldiers known as Gull Force, who had been sent to defend the island a strategy doomed from the very begi...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Ambon : the truth about one of the most brutal POW camps in World War II and the triumph of the Aussie spirit / Roger Maynard.
Other title
The truth about one of the most brutal prisoner of war camps in World War Two and the triumph of the Aussie spirit
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Notes
General note
Hachette military collection
First published in Australia and New Zealand in 2014.
Includes bibliographic references (page 319) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2014
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Call Numbers
H 2016/1519
Record Identifier
74VKVpRl8MGA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVpRl8MGA
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ISBN
9780733636622
DDC
940.547252
MMS ID
991023985519702626
