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...And Far From Home [1985] ISBN: 0333415078 Area: Asia, Pacific By: John Balfe Publisher: The MacMillan Company Of Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Flying RAAF transports in the Pacific War and after.
4000 Bowls Of Rice [1993] ISBN: 1863735798 Area: Asia By: Linda Goetz Holmes Publisher: Allen Unwin Pty Ltd
Comments: Cecil Dickson's letters in 1945 (2/2 Pioneer).
50 Years Of Silence [1994] ISBN: 1875892001 Area: Asia By: Jan Ruff-O'Herne Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Comments: Autobiography of a Dutch girl forced to be a 'comfort woman' for the Japanese Army in Java.
A Doctor's War [2005] ISBN: 0732280087 Area: Asia By: Rowley Richards Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers P/L
Comments: Doctor's experience as POW.
A Guest Of The Emperor [1996] ISBN: 0864391900 Area: Asia By: Russell Savage Publisher: Boolarong Press
Comments: P.O.W. at Changi, Burma Railway & Japan. Survivor of Rakuyo Maru torpedoing en route to Japan.
A Long Way from Silver Creek [2000] ISBN: 1875574395 Area: Worldwide By: Margaret Gee Publisher: Margaret Gee
Comments: Author's family history. Over a third covers the experiences of her father, Alan, in the Navy, with H.M.A.S. Perth and as a P.O.W. with Williams Force on the Burma Railway.
A Postal History of the Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees in East Asia During the Second World War, Vol.1, Singapore & Malaya 1942-1945, The Changi Connection [2002] ISBN: 0953000451 Area: Asia By: David Tett Publisher: BFA Publishing
Comments: 400pp, A4 hardback. Erudite. Philatelic study but includes photocopies of many cards/letters to/from POWs or internees mostly between Singapore & UK. Significant information on camps & handling of mails.
A Rising Son Of Empire [1993] ISBN: 0646129953 Area: Worldwide By: Charles Harle Publisher: Mostly Unsung Military Research and Publications
Comments: Autobiography of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Harle.
A Thousand Cups Of Rice [1994] ISBN: 0890159904 Area: Pacific By: Kyle Thompson Publisher: Eakin Press, USA
Comments: Author was U.S. National Guardsman from Texas who became a P.O.W. on the Burma Railway.
A Very Long War [2000] ISBN: 0522849091 Area: Pacific By: Margaret Reeson Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Comments: Experiences of families of men missing in the New Guinea Islands in WW II; how they coped alone, after evacuation, during the war & with death or uncertainty after it.
A Walk In Their Footsteps [1997] ISBN: 0958669341 Area: Pacific By: Andrew J. Stone Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: An Australian Army medic's traversing of the modern day Kokoda Track.
Adversity In Success [1980] ISBN: 0959462201 Area: Pacific By: J. E. Hewitt Publisher: Langate Publishing
Comments: Extracts from Air Vice Marshal Hewitt's diaries 1939-1948 about Australian led R.A.A.F. units in the Pacific.
Against The Odds [2009] ISBN: 9780958119016 Area: Worldwide By: Walter Gherardin Publisher: Albert Coates Memorial Trust
Comments: Biography of Sir Albert (Dr) Coates by his son-in-law.
Aircrew [2000] ISBN: 9781407214603 Area: Europe By: Bruce Lewis Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
Comments: Real stories of Bomber Command aircrew during bombing missions over enemy held targets in Europe.
All Men Back - All One Big Mistake [1998] ISBN: 0859052540 Area: Asia, Pacific By: W.A. Bee Publisher: Hesperian Press
Comments: HMAS Perth sailor, wounded Battle of Sunda Strait, becomes POW Java, Burma Railway, Burma end, No. 5 Branch. Then to coal-mines, Moji, Japan via Kanburi, Saigon & Singapore.
Amateur Soldier [1984] ISBN: 0867860642 Area: Worldwide By: John Bellair Publisher: Spectrum Publications
Comments: Australian machine gunner's memories of WWII, first with 2/1 MG Bn in UK, Egypt, Greece, Crete, Palestine & Syria. Then to Australia. With 2/3 MG Bn at Cowra breakout, Corps HQ & New Guinea.
An Entertaining War [1986] ISBN: 0949825131 Area: Worldwide By: Michael Pate Publisher: Dreamweaver Books
Comments: Author was British P.O.W. captured at Singapore. He describes his time at Changi & includes many of the drawings he secretly made during his captivity.
And The Dawn Came Up Like Thunder [1972] ISBN: 0903488000 Area: Asia By: Leo Rawlings Publisher: Progress Press Potters Bar Herts
Comments: Author was British P.O.W. captured at .
Arthur Blackburn VC [2008] ISBN: 9781862547841 Area: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Pacific By: Andrew Faulkner Publisher: Wakefield Press
Comments: An Australian hero, his men & their 2 world wars - WW I, Gallipoli & Pozieres (VC), WW II Syria (2/3 MG Bn) & Java (CO Blackforce). Then P.O.W. Java, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan & Manchuria.
Arthur's War [2010] ISBN: 9780670073467 Area: Asia By: Arthur Bancroft with John Harman Publisher: Viking
Comments: Bancroft survived the sinking of HMAS Perth, the Burma Railway with Williams and No.1 Mobile Forces and was rescued by a US submarine after Rakuyo Maru was sunk en route to Japan.
Australia At Arms [1955] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Norman Bartlett Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Stories of battles involving Australians from the Maori wars to World War 2.
Bamboo And Barbed Wire [1988] ISBN: 0950388432 Area: Asia By: Stanley Wood-Higgs Publisher: Roman Press Limited
Comments: British 197th Field Ambulance member who became P.O.W. & was sent to Burma Railway. Diary, stories, poems, etc.
Bamboo And Bushido [1955] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Alf G. Allbury Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd
Comments: Author's experiences as P.O.W. on the Burma Railway and survival from the torpedoed hellship Rakuyo Maru.
Bamboo Doctor [1970] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Stanley S. Pavillard Publisher: Pan Books Ltd
Comments: Doctor's experience as POW in the camps on the Burma Railway.
Barbed Wire & Bamboo [1993] ISBN: 186373421X Area: Worldwide By: Hugh Clarke and Colin Burgess Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd
Comments: Australian P.O.W. stories spanning WW1 and WW2 in Europe and Asia.
Behind Bamboo [UNKNOWN] ISBN: 0140149252 Area: Asia By: Rohan Rivett Publisher: Penquin Books Australia Ltd
Comments: Journalist escaped Singapore. POW Java. To Burma Railway, Burma end, No.3 Branch then Tamarkan, Chungkai, Kanburi & Nakom Nayok. Records own & others experiences. Diary-based.
Behind The Wire : The Clinical War Diary Of Dr. Burnett Clarke [1989] ISBN: 0867763078 Area: Asia By: Dr. Burnett Leslie Clarke Publisher: Amphion Press
Comments: War diary compiled in Changi P.O.W. camp 1944-45 by Dr. Burnett Clarke A.A.M.C. of the various lesions suffered by the P.O.W.s.
Blamey [1954] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: John Hetherington Publisher: Angus & Robertson Ltd
Comments: Biography of Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey.
Blitzkrieg [1977] ISBN: 0809424541 Area: Europe By: Robert Wernick Publisher: Time-Life Books
Comments: Initial attack by Hitler through Holland and Belguim to France and the evacuation of Dunkirk.
Blood, Sweat And Tears [2004] ISBN: 0670040894 Area: Worldwide By: Margaret Geddes Publisher: Viking
Comments: Memories of Australian service people, civilians, prisoners of war, & volunteers have of events in Europe, the Middle East, the Pacific and Australia during World War II.
Bluey Truscott [1958] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Ivan Southall Publisher: Angus and Robertson
Comments: Story of Bluey Truscott, fighter pilot of the R.A.A.F. in Europe and New Guinea.
Branch Line to Burma [1958] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: John Durnford Publisher: Macdonald & Co. Great Britain
Comments: Junior British officer taken P.O.W. at Singapore. Sent to Burma Railway with Group IV, worked at Tonchan, Thailand. Subsequently sent to Chungkai, Tamuang & officers' camp at Kanburi.
Bravery Above Blunder [1999] ISBN: 0195508378 Area: Pacific By: John Coates Publisher: Oxford University Press
Comments: Australian 9th Division's actions at Finschafen, Sattelberg and Sio in New Guinea 1943-1944.
Bravery In Battle [1997] ISBN: 185409338X Area: Worldwide By: David Eshel Publisher: Arms & Armour Press
Comments: Stories from the front line.
Brothers, Battlers And Bastards [1995] ISBN: 0646253891 Area: Worldwide By: Arthur Pearson (2/2 Pioneer) Publisher: Boolarong Press
Comments: Author fought in Western Desert, Greece, Syria and New Guinea before joining 2/2 Pioneers and being sent to Balikpapan, Borneo.
Burma Railway Artist [1994] ISBN: 0670905936 Area: Asia By: Jack Bridger Chalker Publisher: Viking
Comments: English artist's description & pictures as P.O.W. (J) at Kanyu, Chungkai & Nakhon Pathom. He drew many medical sketches as records for Drs Markowitz & Dunlop.
Burma Surgeon [1944] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Gordon S. Seagrave Publisher: Consolidated Book Publishers Inc
Comments: Author was Lieutenant Colonel in U.S. Army Medical Corps and operated in China, Burma and India.
Burma Surgeon [1944] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Gordon S. Seagrave Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co. Inc
Comments: Author was Lieutenant Colonel in U.S. Army Medical Corps and operated in China, Burma and India. First Australian abridged version of 1943 publication.
Captives [1986] ISBN: 0702219266 Area: Pacific By: Catherine Kenny Publisher: University Of Queensland Press
Comments: Australian Army nurses in Japanese prison camps. Describes camps on Sumatra, Banka, Rabaul & Japan including the Banka Island massacre.
Captivity, Slavery And Survival As A Far East P.O.W. [2012] ISBN: 1848846223 Area: Pacific By: Peter Fyans Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Comments: Gunner of Royal Artillery captured in Far East by Japanese. His used his skills as a conjuror on the Burma Railway to distract the guards.
Carrying On Under Fire and in Captivity [2009] ISBN: 9780958106047 Area: Asia By: Carl Johnson Publisher: History House
Comments: Stories from the 8th Division, Australian Army Medical Corps under Malaya Command from their deployment to Malaya until recent times. 575 A4 pages. Many illustrations.
Centaur [1993] ISBN: 0646137158 Area: Australia By: Christopher Milligan and John Foley Publisher: Nairana Publications
Comments: Research dispelling the myths of the torpedoing of the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur off Brisbane in 1943.
Changi : The Funny Side [1991] ISBN: 1875583025 Area: Asia By: Slim DeGrey Publisher: Peter Hall
Comments: Recollections of incidents and dry humour at Singapore by a member of the A.I.F. Prisoners' Concert Party.
Changi Photographer : George Aspinall's Record Of Captivity [1989] ISBN: 0725105801 Area: Asia By: Tim Bowden Publisher: ABC Enterprises & Sun Books
Comments: Photos and story of P.O.W. at Changi, Singapore and as part of F Force on the Burma Railway .
Churchill 1874-1915 [1983] ISBN: 224020447 Area: Worldwide By: Ted Morgan Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
Comments: Churchill's life and intrigues from 1874 to 1915.
Churchill And Australia [2008] ISBN: 9781405038706 Area: Worldwide By: Graham Freudenberg Publisher: Macmillan
Comments: Describes Churchill's crusty relations with Australia 1907 - 1955. Author contends this was because Churchill saw Australia as part of the British Empire, not as an independent entity.
Churchill As War Leader [1993] ISBN: 0747514852 Area: Worldwide By: Richard Lamb Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Limited
Comments: Churchill's involvement in World War 2.
Cruel Conflict [2008] ISBN: 9781741107388 Area: Worldwide By: Kathryn Spurling Publisher: New Holland
Comments: Story of crewmen of H.M.A.S. Perth 1939-45 and Australian's reactions to them. 14 chapters; 2 on Mediterranean, 3 on Battles of Java Sea & Sunda Strait, 4 on P.O.W. years, diverse experiences.
Damien Parer's War [2004] ISBN: 0734405898 Area: Africa, Europe, Middle East, Pacific By: Neil McDonald Publisher: Lothian Books
Comments: Biography A.I.F. movie photographer. Palestine, Egypt, Western Desert, Greece, Syria, Tobruk, Port Moresby, Wau, Salamaua, Kokoda, Timor, Bismark Sea, New Britain, Admiralty Island, Guam, Peleliu.
Dear Mum [1964] ISBN: No Area: Middle East, Asia By: John Binning Publisher: Grayflower Publications
Comments: Journalist was a Gunner in the AIF. Enlistment, training, occupation of Syria & return to Australia in 1942 on the Orcades, via Java where he didn't disembark with the 2/2 Pioneers.
Death on the Hellships [2001] ISBN: 0850528216 Area: Asia By: Gregory F. Michno Publisher: Leo Cooper
Comments: Son of U.S.S. Pampanito submariner records rescues, travel and deaths of Allied P.O.W.s(J) as Pacific war progressed & gives background to events.
Defeat Into Victory [1956] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Field Marshall Sir William Slim Publisher: Cassell And Company Ltd
Comments: The entire Burma Campaign described by the Allied commander of the local forces.
Diary Of A Girl In Changi [1999] ISBN: 0731808398 Area: Asia By: Sheila Allen Publisher: Kangaroo Press
Comments: Sheila Allen, a Eurasian, was made a civilian P.O.W.(J), aged 17 years. At great risk she kept a diary of those years in Changi and Sime Road, Singapore.
Digger [1960] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: John Laffin Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Comments: True short entries and stories of the Australian soldier at places like Gallipoli, Diamond Hill, Tobruk, Bullecourt, Passchendaele, Eland's River, New Guinea, El Alamein, Crete, Pozieres, etc.
Diggers : The Australian Army, Navy And Air Force In Eleven Wars [UNKNOWN] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: George Odgers Publisher: Lifetime Distributors
Comments: The Australian Army, Navy And Air Force from 1860 to 1994.
Doctors At War [1945] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Morris Fishbein Publisher: E.P. Dutton & Company Inc
Comments: U.S. medical corps doctors saving lives and performing advanced surgery.
Doctor's Diary And Memoirs [1994] ISBN: 0646194739 Area: Asia By: Roy Mills Publisher: R. M. Mills
Comments: Diary of the author who was a doctor in Lt. Colonel Pond's Party, F Force on the Burma Railway. Also tells about other doctors & individuals affected.
Don't Worry About Me [2004] ISBN: 0646440268 Area: Asia By: Robyn Arvier Publisher: Robyn Arvier
Comments: Collection of letters written by members of 8th Division AIF before & after being made POW. Includes brief description about letter writer.
Doomed Battalion : The Australian 2/40 Battalion 1940-45 [1995] ISBN: 1863737634 Area: Asia, Pacific By: Peter Henning Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: Battalion history. 2/40 fought in Timor. All P.O.W.s to Java. Dispersed. Main groups Java, Burma Railway in Thailand with Dunlop, Japan, Singapore & Sumatra. Discusses reasons & reactions.
Escape : A Thousand Miles To Freedom & Hunted [1995] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: M. Murray Publisher: Seal Books
Comments: Escape from New Ireland in the Pacific of Harry Murray and a group of Australians over 3 months behind enemy lines back to safety. Second part of book is about the Coastwatchers intelligence network.
Far Above Battle [1994] ISBN: 1863735186 Area: Worldwide By: Margaret Barter Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd
Comments: Experiences and memories of Australian soldiers in war 1939-1945.
Fear Drive My Feet [1992] ISBN: 0140172564 Area: Pacific By: Peter Ryan Publisher: Penquin Books Australia Ltd
Comments: Author's account of patrolling remote, enemy-infiltrated parts of New Guinea and returning to Allied lines with the incredible help & loyalty of the native New Guineans.
Fighter Aces Of World War II [1978] ISBN: 0552107832 Area: Worldwide By: Robert Jackson Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Comments: True stories of fourteen World War 2 top fighter pilots.
Fighters From The Fringe [1995] ISBN: 0855752866 Area: Worldwide By: Robert A. Hall Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press
Comments: Stories by Aborigines and Torres Straits Islanders who served in World War 2.
Foo A Japanese-American Prisoner of the Rising Sun [1993] ISBN: 0929398467 Area: Asia By: Frank Fujita Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Comments: Diary-based account by 1 of only 2 Japanese-American P.O.W. (J). US artilleryman, P.O.W. Java 1942 then Japan. Worked shipbuilding & propaganda radio. Saw Tokyo bombings close up.
From Tobruk To Borneo [2002] ISBN: 1877058009 Area: Africa, Middle East, Pacific By: Frank G. Perversi Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing
Comments: Frank Perversi saw service in England, Tobruk, Lebanon, El Alamein, Lae, Finschafen, Shaggy Ridge and Balikpapan.
General Vasey's War [1992] ISBN: 0522846904 Area: Asia, Europe, Pacific By: David Horner Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Comments: Biography of Australian General Vasey, Commander of 7th Division in New Guinea.
Guests Of The Emperor [2012] ISBN: 9781477281147 Area: Asia By: Jean Newland Publisher: AuthorHouse
Comments: Stories of Allied P.O.W.s in Rangoon Jail, Burma during World War 2.
Hell's Heroes [2010] ISBN: 9780732289850 Area: Pacific By: Roger Maynard Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers Australia P/L
Comments: The forgotten story of the worst P.O.W. camp in Japan, Camp 4-B.
Heroes All [1941] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Collie Knox Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Comments: Stories of the British Army, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Bomb disposal squad and civilians between 1939 and 1941.
Heroes of the Winchelsea District Volume Two World War 2 [2002] ISBN: 095907032X Area: Worldwide By: Nancy Mawson, Christine Alsop & Robin Mawson Publisher: Snap Printing Geelong
Comments: A page per serviceman or woman from Winchelsea area and general information on World War 2.
Heroes Of Tobruk [2008] ISBN: 9781741690774 Area: Africa By: David Mulligan Publisher: Scholastic Press
Comments: Introduction to the saga of Tobruk.
Heroic Australian Women In War [2004] ISBN: 0732276691 Area: Worldwide By: Susanna De Vries Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Comments: Exploits of Australian women in both World Wars.
Holidaying On The Continent [2009] ISBN: 9780980567427 Area: Europe By: Richard Munro Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Story of Jim Munro as Lancaster bomb aimer over Europe until the plane was shot down and he became P.O.W. until end of war.
In The Footsteps Of Ghosts [1999] ISBN: 1865081450 Area: Africa, Pacific By: Bill Spencer Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd
Comments: Story of a 2/9 Battalion soldier who fought in Africa, New Guinea and Borneo.
In The Line Of Fire [2007] ISBN: 9780330422475 Area: Worldwide By: Rex Sadler & Tom Hayllar Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Real stories of Australians at war from Gallipoli to Vietnam.
In The Shadow of Death [2005] ISBN: 1844152464 Area: Asia By: Idris James Barwick Publisher: Pen & Sword
Comments: Barwick, a P.O.W. (J), was a British medical orderly at Changi and with F Force on the Burma Railway in Thailand. Afterwards he remained at Kanburi until April 1944 & then returned to Changi.
Into The Smother [1993] ISBN: 0140175148 Area: Pacific By: Ray Parkin Publisher: Penguin Books
Comments: Second of 3 books about author's experiences as P.O.W. of the Japanese after his ship H.M.A.S. Perth was sunk. This book covers his time on the Burma Railway. (Thailand end with Dunlop.) Based on diary.
Islanders In Kitbags [1985] ISBN: 0902550187 Area: Europe By: Richard Allisette Publisher: The Guernsey Press Company Ltd
Comments: Men and women of Guernsey who fought for the liberation.
Java Rabble [2008] ISBN: 9780859054195 Area: Asia By: Fred Skeels Publisher: Hesperian Press
Comments: H.M.A.S. Perth survivor taken P.O.W. in Java. Via Singapore to Burma Railway (Burma end, No. 5 Group). Then Tamarkan, via Saigon and Singapore to Japan. Coalmines at Camp 22, Fukuoka, Japan.
Johnny Gurkha [1985] ISBN: 043647512X Area: Pacific By: E. D. Smith Publisher: Leo Cooper
Comments: Background to the formation of the Brigade of Gurkhas in the British Army from the tribesmen of Nepal.
Keep the Men Alive [2009] ISBN: 9781741757385 Area: Asia By: Rosalind Hearder Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: Australian P.O.W. (J) doctors in captivity, the means they used to keep the men alive & the effects of the experience on them.
Kent Hughes A Biography [1972] ISBN: 0333139097 Area: Asia By: Frederick Howard Publisher: Macmillan
Comments: 4 of 24 chapters cover his war service in Singapore and time as a POW in Singapore, Formosa and Manchuria.
Kill The Tiger [2007] ISBN: 9781905379392 Area: Asia By: Peter Thompson & Robert Macklin Publisher: Maverick House Publishers
Comments: The truth behind commando Operation Rimau at Singapore.
Kinkaseki : One Day At A Time [2000] ISBN: 0620254416 Area: Asia By: Arthur Titherington Publisher: Covos Day Books
Comments: British P.O.W.'s account of 1,300 days in a Japanese slave labour camp.
Kitoski Bakaro! Attention, Fool! [1998] ISBN: 157168171X Area: Asia By: William J. Weissinger, Jr Publisher: Eakin Press, Austin, Texas
Comments: How U.S.S. Houston sailor made shore. P.O.W. Java. Bicycle Camp, Changi, Burma Railway No.5 Branch, Thailand Kanburi area, Railway maintenance stint, released near Bangkok & returned home.
Kura! [1966] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Cornel Lumiere Publisher: Jacaranda Press
Comments: Lumiere was taken P.O.W. of the Japanese with the Dutch Army in Sumatra. He was sent to Burma, where he became interpreter for No. 3 Branch P.O.W.s.
Kurrah! [1991] ISBN: 064604415X Area: Asia By: FWG Publisher: R.J. & S.P. Austin, Australia
Comments: P.O.W. experiences of author, sapper, 2/12 Field Coy, A.I.F. After Changi with D force to Burma Rail, Thai end; survived cholera; to Japan per 'Byoki' Maru & worked at the mines.
Last Man Out [1989] ISBN: 1852232315 Area: Asia By: H. Robert Charles Publisher: The Crowood Press
Comments: Story of Dr Henri Hekking, Dutch doctor on Burma Railway, taken P.O.W. in Timor where he had to leave his wife and 2 children. Author survived sinking of U.S.S. Houston.
Legacies Of Our Fathers [2005] ISBN: 0734408773 Area: Asia By: Carolyn Newman Publisher: Thomas C. Lothian P/L
Comments: Stories told by sons and daughters of Japanese P.O.W.s about their fathers.
Letters To Wendy [2003] ISBN: 0646427725 Area: Worldwide By: Len Lemke Publisher: Len Lemke
Comments: Letters Lemke wrote to his daughter about his Army experiences with 2/29 Bn, 2/2 Mg Bn and as a P.O.W. with F Force.
Line Of Lost Lives [1996] ISBN: 0951366602 Area: Asia By: J. S. Cosford Publisher: Gryphon Books
Comments: British P.O.W.'s account of the Burma Railway.
Lonely Warrior [1956] ISBN: 0600355381 Area: Europe By: Victor Houart Publisher: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd
Comments: Story based on real diaries written by a Battle of Britain pilot who was killed .
Lost - But Not Forgotten [2002] ISBN: 0957777728 Area: Australia By: Keith Shegog Publisher: Single X Publications
Comments: In memory of the 645 lost in the sinking of H.M.A.S. Sydney II on 19/11/1941.
McIndoe's Army [1981] ISBN: 0722144881 Area: Europe By: Peter Williams & Ted Harrison Publisher: Sphere Books Ltd
Comments: Sir Archibald McIndoe, a plastic surgeon, operated on badly burnt airmen who would have otherwise died. They became members of a supportive community called the Guinea Pig Club.
Men Of The Line [2005] ISBN: 1876439289 Area: Asia By: Gordon Nelson Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Author taken P.O.W. in Singapore. Burma Railway (Burma end, No.3 Branch). Then Tamarkan, Nakom Paton, Chungkai, Wampo, Tarsau and Tamuan.
Morotai [1989] ISBN: 0897451244 Area: Pacific By: John Boeman Publisher: Sunflower University Press
Comments: Memoirs of bombing raids over New Guinea, Borneo and Korea.
My Life with the Samurai [1996] ISBN: 0864178123 Area: Asia By: Anthony Cowling Publisher: Kangaroo Press
Comments: Young British/Singaporean joined R.A.F. Singapore; escaped to Java. Made P.O.W. Worked in Indonesian slave labour camps on Java, Haruku, Ambon & Muna.
My Side Of The Kwai [2001] ISBN: 0731810112 Area: Asia By: Les Atkinson Publisher: Kangaroo Press
Comments: Reminiscences of an Australian P.O.W. of the Japanese.
My War [2004] ISBN: 0733314635 Area: Pacific By: Brian Wadpole Publisher: ABC Books
Comments: Z Special Unit member who served in Borneo with the headhunting Sea Dyaks.
Nancy Wake [2002] ISBN: 0732269199 Area: Europe By: Peter FitzSimons Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
Comments: Biography of Australia's greatest war heroine known to the Germans as the White Mouse.
Neither Hero Nor Coward [1997] ISBN: 0646308882 Area: Middle East, Pacific By: Kevin Nolan (2/2 Pioneer) Publisher: Mary A. Bingham
Comments: Autobiography. Nearly 200 of 271 pages are author's war diary. He was a 2/2 Pioneer. Fought Syria & Java. POW. To Burma Railway, Burma end, No.3 Branch, then Kanburi & Nakom Paton.
Night Action [1976] ISBN: 0552102245 Area: Europe By: Peter Dickens Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Comments: Account of Captain Peter Dickens as commander of the 21st MTB Flotilla during 1942-43 in the North Sea and English Channel.
No Lost Battalion [2005] ISBN: 0957975287 Area: Asia By: John Lack Publisher: Slouch Hat Publications
Comments: Oral history of the 2/29 Battalion in Malaya, Singapore and on the Burma Railway.
No Mandalay, No Maymyo (79 Survive) [2001] ISBN: 1857765206 Area: Pacific By: Gerald Fitzpatrick Publisher: The Book Guild Ltd
Comments: Author describes events as a soldier in the British Army during the Burma Campaign.
No Memory For Pain [1970] ISBN: 0855610077 Area: Worldwide By: F. Kingsley Norris Publisher: William Heinemann Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Autobiography of A.A.M.C. doctor who served in Syria (references to Litani, Merdjayoun, Damour, garrison after ceasefire and P.O.W.s being returned from France), New Guinea (Kokoda and Shaggy Ridge) during WWII and in the Korean War.
Not As A Duty Only [1976] ISBN: 0522841066 Area: Africa, Europe, Middle East, Pacific By: Henry Gullett Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Comments: Story of a soldier in the North Africa, Middle East, Greece, Normandy, New Guinea and Borneo.
Of Love And War [UNKNOWN] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Philippa Poole Publisher: Lansdowne Press
Comments: The letters & diaries of Captain Adrian Curlewis & his family 1939-45. Curlewis was at Changi & with F Force. His mother was authoress Ethel Turner.
One Fourteenth Of An Elephant [2003] ISBN: 0330364634 Area: Asia By: Ian Denys Peek Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Japanese P.O.W. diary on Burma Railway.
One Man's War [1982] ISBN: 1405035773 Area: Asia By: Stan Arneil Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Diary of Changi and the Burma-Thailand Railway kept by the author (Australian Army Sergeant).
One Of Our Submarines [1953] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Edward Young Publisher: Rupert Hart-Davis
Comments: Sailor's story of his time in submarines during WWII.
Ordinary Heroes [1999] ISBN: 1864981032 Area: Worldwide By: Barry Dickins Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
Comments: Personal recollections of Australians at war.
Pilgrimage : A Traveller's Guide To Australia's Battlefields [2006] ISBN: 1863953876 Area: Worldwide By: Garrie Hutchinson Publisher: Black Incorporated
Comments: Traveller's guide to Australia's battlefields worldwide and encompassing all wars with descriptions and photos past and present.
Popski's Private Army [1975] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Vladimir Peniakoff Publisher: Mayflower Books Ltd
Comments: Vladimir Peniakoff's operatives who operated behind enemy lines in North Africa and Italy.
Port Moresby Yesterday And Today [1970] ISBN: 0858070006 Area: Pacific By: Ian Stuart Publisher: Pacific Publications (Aust.) Pty Ltd
Comments: History of the town from beginning to 1970 and including World War 2 details.
Prisoner Of Two Wars [2001] ISBN: 1862545545 Area: Europe, Asia By: Sherriff Probert & John Probert Publisher: Wakefield Press
Comments: Biography of John Moule Probert, British Army & R.A.F. World War 1. P.O.W. of the Germans. A.I.F. 2/15 Field Regiment in defence of Malaya. P.O.W. of Japanese at Singapore & Sandakan.
Prisoner Of War [1973] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Clyde Fillmore Publisher: Nortex Publications Texas USA
Comments: Account by US artillery officer made P.O.W. (J) on Java. Sent with No.5 Branch to Burma. After Burma Railway completed went to Tamarkan, Chungkai and Kanburi.
Proud Echo [1953] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Ronald McKie Publisher: Angus & Robertson
Comments: Ten survivors from H.M.A.S. Perth tell of the Battle of Sunda Strait and how they became P.O.W. on Java.
RAAF Flying Boats At War : The Way It Was [2004] ISBN: 1876439483 Area: Europe, Pacific By: Joe Leach Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Pilot of Sunderlands in 10 Squadron in Europe and Catalinas in the 113 Air Sea Rescue Flight in Borneo.
Railroad To Burma [1991] ISBN: 1863730087 Area: Asia By: James Boyle Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd
Comments: Story pieced together from the diaries kept by P.O.W. James Boyle from 23 April to 14 December 1943 of his time working on the Burma Railway.
Railway Of Hell [2002] ISBN: 0850528720 Area: Asia By: Reginald Burton Publisher: Leo Cooper
Comments: Officer of Royal Norfolks fought in defence of Singapore. P.O.W. with Australians; Changi, H Force Burma Railway, Thailand end; Tamarkan area; returned to Singapore.
Ralph Honner : Kokoda Hero [2007] ISBN: 9781741753721 Area: Worldwide By: Peter Brune Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd
Comments: Biography of Ralph Honner.
Ray Parkin [2005] ISBN: 0522851967 Area: Asia By: Ray Parkin Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing
Comments: A P.O.W.'s survival (drawn from Chapters 4 to 7 Into The Smother - same author).
Ray Parkin's Odyssey [2012] ISBN: 9781405039970 Area: Asia By: Pattie Wright Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: A P.O.W.'s survival, after the sinking of the H.M.A.S. Perth off Java, on the Burma Railway and Japan's coal mines.
Reach For The Sky : The Story Of Douglas Bader [1955] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Paul Brickhill Publisher: Colorgravure Publications
Comments: R.A.F. pilot who lost both legs in an aircraft accident in 1931 but again flew as a fighter pilot during the Battle of Britain until shot down over France and becoming P.O.W.
Recollections Of A Regimental Medical Officer [1983] ISBN: 0522842445 Area: Australia, Middle East, Pacific By: H. D. Steward Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Comments: Dr. Steward's experiences in Syria and on the Kokoda Track, New Guinea during World War 2.
Red Jungle [1957] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: John Cross Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd
Comments: Story of British intelligence party cut-off in Malaya by Japanese advance from January 1942 until rescued in June 1945.
Remembering Weary [1996] ISBN: 0140269703 Area: Asia, Australia By: Margaret Geddes Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Ltd
Comments: Interviews with many people who knew the great Sir Weary Dunlop.
Return From The River Kwai [1989] ISBN: 0354044176 Area: Asia, Pacific By: Joan & Clay Blair Jr. Publisher: Penguin Books
Comments: 2218 'fit' British & Australian POWs chosen to go to Japan after Burma Railway built. Torpedoed en route. About 800 survived days in sea. About 650 rescued by Japanese & about 150 by US subs.
Reveille Souvenir Collector's Edition 2003 [2003] ISBN: 0975050605 Area: Worldwide By: Returned Services League Publisher: Emap Contract Publications
Comments: Numerous stories submitted by veterans and families of war experiences.
Ring Of Fire [1983] ISBN: 0333356152 Area: Asia, Pacific By: D. C. Horton Publisher: MacMillan Company Of Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Australian guerrilla operations against the Japanese in World War 2.
Road To Hiroshima [1983] ISBN: No Area: Asia, Pacific By: Kenneth Harrison Publisher: Rigby
Comments: Autobiography of soldier of the 8th Division in Malaya who became P.O.W. and was sent to Singapore, Hellfire Pass (Burma Railway) and Nagasaki in Japan.
Rough Infantry [1984] ISBN: 0949759058 Area: Africa, Middle East, Pacific By: Cam Bennett Publisher: Warrnambool Institue Press
Comments: History of 2/5 Infantry Battalion.
Salvos With The Forces [1995] ISBN: 0959951598 Area: Worldwide By: Walter Hull Publisher: The Salvation Army
Comments: Story of the Salvation Army Representatives on the battle front supporting the troops.
Samurais and Circumcisions [1985] ISBN: 0959008721 Area: Asia By: Leslie Poidevin Publisher: Leslie Poidevin
Comments: Memory-based account of P.O.W. (J) experiences of Australian doctor captured Timor & sent to Java. Covers many medical cases.
Sandakan [2013] ISBN: 9781864711417 Area: Asia By: Paul Ham Publisher: Random House Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Describes the Sandakan Death Marches to Ranau in Borneo in 1944. Out of 1000+ prisoners, only 6 survived.
Sandakan A Conspiracy of Silence [2006] ISBN: 1863512454 Area: Asia By: Lynette Ramsay Silver Publisher: Sally Milner Publishing
Comments: Conditions and massacre of Australian & British P.O.W.s at Sandakan. Botched rescue attempt & its Australian cover-up. Amazing detail considering so few survived.
Secret Letters From The Railway [2004] ISBN: 1844151182 Area: Asia By: Brian Best Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Comments: The remarkable record of Charles Steel - a Japanese P.O.W.
Ship Of Ghosts [2006] ISBN: 0553803905 Area: Asia By: James D. Hornfischer Publisher: Bantam Books
Comments: 63 chapters re U.S.S. Houston - 16 on sea battles, 43 on P.O.W. days. Survivors of sinking P.O.W. in Java. Few sent to Japan but most to Burma Railway, Burma end with Australians in Branches 3 and 5.
Shot Down And On The Run [2003] ISBN: 1903365538 Area: Worldwide By: Graham Pitchfork Publisher: The National Archives
Comments: R.A.F. and Commonwealth aircrews who got home from behind enemy lines 1940-1945.
Silent Warriors Of World War II [1995] ISBN: 0934793565 Area: Pacific By: Lance Q. Zedric Publisher: Pathfinder Publishing Of California
Comments: The Alamo Scouts behind Japanese lines.
Slaves Of The Samurai [1946] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: W. S. Kent Hughes Publisher: Oxford University Press
Comments: Kent Hughes account, in verse, of the surrender of Singapore and his P.O.W. days in Changi, Formosa, Japan, Korea and Manchuria.
Soldier Superb [1943] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Allan Dawes Publisher: F. H. Johnston Publishing Company
Comments: War reporter eye witness account of Australian soldiers in New Guinea and stories in their own words.
Speedo! Speedo! [2001] ISBN: 095409140X Area: Pacific By: Bill Spalding Publisher: Majic Ink
Comments: British P.O.W. personal experiences from Battle of Singapore, capture & time on the Burma Railway.
Summer Will Come Again [1987] ISBN: 0949206180 Area: Asia By: John Lane Publisher: Fremantle Arts Centre Press
Comments: Diary-based account of 2/4 Machine gunner made P.O.W. (J) Singapore. At Changi until May '43 then to Japan. Worked a variety of jobs in Kobe area until war's end.
Survival Against Odds [1983] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Ernest Charles William Corrie (2/2 Pioneer) Publisher: Golden Banner Printing Service, Castlemaine
Comments: 32p. Diary based. Author per 'Orcades' to Java. POW. Burma Railway with Dunlop, Thai end. Then Chungkai area. At war's end was at Pratchai, Thailand.
Survival On Ambon [2005] ISBN: 0646186159 Area: Asia By: Ailsa Rolley Publisher: Ailsa Rolley
Comments: 1st published 1994. Based on taped conversations with Les Hohl, a member of Gull Force.
Surviving Captivity [2010] ISBN: 9781921509964 Area: Worldwide By: R.W. Christie Publisher: Australian Scholarly Publishing
Comments: Campaign & P.O.W. (J), (F Force) diary of Bob Christie, 2/29 Bn. Editor John Lack integrated historical context with Bob's words.
Surviving The Sword [2005] ISBN: 1400064139 Area: Asia, Pacific By: Brian MacArthur Publisher: Random House
Comments: P.O.W. stories across numerous Japanese camps including Japan, Sandakan, Changi, the Burma Railway and the transport hellships.
Survivor On The River Kwai [2014] ISBN: 9780241965115 Area: Asia By: Reg Twigg Publisher: Penguin Books
Comments: Author was British P.O.W. of the the Japanese on the Burma Railway. He describes his survival.
Tail-end Charlies [2005] ISBN: 0141015047 Area: Europe By: John Nichol & Tony Rennell Publisher: Penguin Books
Comments: Last battles of the bomber war over Europe.
Ten Thousand Eyes [2001] ISBN: 1585742945 Area: Europe By: Richard Collier Publisher: Lyons Press
Comments: Story of the spy network that cracked Hitler's Atlantic Wall before D-Day.
Tenko on the River Kwai [1987] ISBN: 0949457124 Area: Asia By: Arnold Jordan Publisher: Regal Publications
Comments: Tasmanian, 2/4 C.C.S. & mates' P.O.W. experiences. A Force Tavoy, Thanbyuzayat, 30 Kilo Camp, near 3 Pagoda's Pass, Tamarkan, Chungkai, Tamuan. Home per ship Circassia. Background material.
The Albert Coates Story [1977] ISBN: 0908090013 Area: Asia By: Albert Coates and Newman Rosenthal Publisher: Hyland House Publishing Pty Limited
Comments: Biography of Albert Coates who was a doctor on the Burma Railway.
The Bamboo Express [1979] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Benjamin Dunn Publisher: Adams Press, Chicago, Illinois
Comments: U.S. soldier taken P.O.W. Java. Via Singapore to Burma Railway, Burma end with No. 5 Branch. Then Tamarkan, Nakhon Pathom, Petburi and Nakhon Nayok.
The Battle Of Brisbane [2000] ISBN: 0733308961 Area: Australia By: Peter A. Thompson & Robert Macklin Publisher: ABC Books
Comments: Conflict between Australian and American soldiers on the streets of Brisbane, Queensland.
The Burma-Siam Railway [1983] ISBN: 0901627267 Area: Asia By: Robert Hardie Publisher: Imperial War Museum
Comments: Secret diary of Dr. Robert Hardie 1942 to 1945.
The Burma-Thailand Railway [1993] ISBN: 1863734236 Area: Asia By: Gavan McCormack & Hank Nelson Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: An attempt to understand what happened on the Burma-Thailand Railway and why. Contributors are Australian ex-P.O.W.s, Japanese and Australian historians and a Korean guard.
The Burma-Thailand Railway Of Death [1981] ISBN: 0949847054 Area: Asia By: E. R. (Bon) Hall Publisher: Graphic Books
Comments: R.A.A.F. officer taken P.O.W. Java. Burma Railway. Relates story of numerous groups. Released Thailand. Well illustrated.
The Changi Brownlow [2010] ISBN: 9780733624643 Area: Asia By: Roland Perry Publisher: Hachette
Comments: From the fighting in Malaya, through P.O.W. days at Changi & with F Force on the Burma Railway, the author uses the story of Changi Brownlow winner "Peter" Chitty, 2/2 Mg Bn, to describe the Pacific war.
The Colonel Of Tamarkan [2006] ISBN: 074349573X Area: Asia By: Julie Summers Publisher: Pocket Books
Comments: Philip Toosey and the bridge over of the River Kwai.
The Forgotten Highlander [2010] ISBN: 9781408702116 Area: Asia By: Alistair Urquhart Publisher: Little Brown
Comments: Experiences of Gordon Highlander P.O.W. (J) - Singapore, Kanyu, cholera, Chungkai. Returned to Singapore, survived sinking Kachidoku Maru & reached Japan. Effects on him post-war.
The French Resistance [1985] ISBN: 0330286579 Area: Europe By: Don Lawson Publisher: Pan Books
Comments: Stories of espionage and sabotage by the Underground.
The Frogmen [1953] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: T. J. Waldron & James Gleeson Publisher: Evans Brothers Ltd
Comments: Story of wartime underwater operators.
The Ghost That Died At Sunda Strait [1989] ISBN: 0870212184 Area: Pacific By: W. G. Winslow, Capt, US Navy, Ret'd Publisher: Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, USA
Comments: Story of U.S.S. Houston from August 1941 when author joined her as a scout plane pilot. Covers Battles of Flores Sea, Java Sea & Sunda Strait and how some crew survived her sinking.
The Hidden Chapters [1995] ISBN: 1875575227 Area: Pacific By: Robert Piper Publisher: Pagemasters Pty Ltd
Comments: Untold stories of Australians at war in the Pacific.
The Hotel Tacloban [1985] ISBN: 0207149992 Area: Pacific By: Douglas Valentine Publisher: Angus & Robertson Publishers
Comments: Experiences of a U.S. soldier captured in New Guinea and interned at "Hotel Tacloban" in the Philippines.
The Hurricane Story [1959] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: Paul Gallico Publisher: Michael Joseph
Comments: Chronicle of the famous Hurricane fighter plane.
The Jungle Is Neutral [1950] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: F. Spencer Chapman, D.S.O. Publisher: The Reprint Society Ltd
Comments: The author survived the jungle for three and a half years, escaping from Chinese bandits and the Japanese to eventually emerge and be sent back to Malaya after a few months.
The Knights Of Bushido [1989] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Lord Russell Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Company
Comments: A short history of Japanese war crimes.
The Line [2005] ISBN: 0975770810 Area: Asia By: Arch & Martin Flanagan Publisher: One Day Hill
Comments: Arch served with 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion in Syria and Java. He was a POW with Dunlop. 4 pieces he wrote are interspersed with his son's comments.
The Longest Day [1960] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Cornelius Ryan Publisher: Victor Gollancz
Comments: Story of D-Day in Normandy.
The Man Who Saved London [1960] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: George Martelli Publisher: Odhams (Watford) Ltd
Comments: Michel Hollard operated as an independent Allied agent after the fall of France in 1940 performing numerous missions including providing British Intelligence with the first plans of a V1 launch site and measurements of a German V1 rocket.
The March of Death [1967] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Stanley L. Falk Publisher: Horwitz Publications
Comments: Story of the Bataan death march of U.S. & Filipino soldiers.
The Missing Years [2009] ISBN: 9781877058776 Area: Asia By: Stu Lloyd Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd
Comments: Edited account by Captain Hugh Pilkington, Royal Norfolks. Malaya campaign; Alexandra Hospital massacre; Singapore; Burma Railway, Thai end, H Force; Kanburi; Singapore.
The Naked Island [1956] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Russell Braddon Publisher: Pan Books Ltd
Comments: Story of P.O.W.s from fall of Singapore to being on the Burma Railway.
The R.A.A.F. Ground Staff of the Desert Air Force Squadrons [1992] ISBN: 064608335X Area: Middle East By: E.S. Johnston Publisher: E.S. Johnston
Comments: Story of R.A.A.F. ground staff in the Middle East - both with R.A.F. units & with the Australian air force - relative to the whole war operation. Unindexed but many mentioned. Significant but incomplete lists of ground staff.
The Railway Man [1995] ISBN: 0393039102 Area: Asia By: Eric Lomax Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co. Inc
Comments: Eric Lomax's time as a P.O.W. on the Burma Railway and the years that followed repatriation.
The Rats Of Rangoon [1989] ISBN: 0099600501 Area: Asia By: Lionel Hudson Publisher: Arrow Books Limited
Comments: Author's time as a P.O.W. in Rangoon Jail, Burma. He was a Wing Commander in the R.A.A.F. & kept a diary. He met the O.I.C. of the jail after the war.
The Remorseless Road [2001] ISBN: 1840373016 Area: Asia By: James McEwan Publisher: Airlife Publishing Limited
Comments: Scottish intelligence officer with 36 and 100 Squadrons. Allied crews flew obsolete Vildebeest torpedo bombers at Endau and on Java. Made P.O.W. Some to Ohama in Japan October 1942 until war's end.
The Silent Men [1999] ISBN: 186448991X Area: Pacific By: Peter Dornan Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd
Comments: Story of the Australian 2/14 Battalion through the eyes of Stan Bisset.
The Story Of Billy Young [2012] ISBN: 9780670076178 Area: Asia By: Anthony Hill Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Comments: P.O.W. in Changi, Sandakan & Outram Rd prisons.
The Tale Of A Tojo Tourist [1996] ISBN: 0646275402 Area: Asia, Pacific By: John Towers Publisher: Self published
Comments: Author, A.A.S.C. attached 22 Brigade. P.O.W. Changi; D Force Railway Thai end; Nong Pladuk; via Singapore to Japan. Coal mining, Camp 17 near Fukuoka with U.S. P.O.W.s from Philippines.
The Twilight Squadron [1995] ISBN: 0646253565 Area: Worldwide By: Gary Kendall Publisher: Burdekin Townsville Branch of the Aircrew Association
Comments: Aircrew stories of the R.A.A.F.
The War Diaries Of Weary Dunlop [1990] ISBN: 0140128611 Area: Asia By: E. E. Dunlop Publisher: Penguin
Comments: Java and the Burma Thailand Railway 1942-1945.
The War Journal Of Major Damon Rocky" Gause" [1999] ISBN: 0330362038 Area: Pacific By: Damon Gause Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: 159 day escape of U.S. soldier from the Bataan Death March and then by leaky boat to Australia.
The Will to Survive [2002] ISBN: 1862271119 Area: Asia By: Arthur Godman Publisher: Spellmount Ltd, Kent
Comments: Account of P.O.W. (J) experiences of British artillery officer involved in Malayan retreat. At Changi, with H Force to Burma Railway Tonchan S, Thai end, Kanburi, then Sime Road & Changi again.
The Will to Survive : A Private's View As A P.O.W. [1995] ISBN: 0864177062 Area: Asia By: Douglas McLaggan Publisher: Kangaroo Press Pty Ltd
Comments: Became P.O.W. after fall of Singapore & ended up on the Burma Railway. At Changi when war ended. Repatriated to Australia on the Oranje.
They Were Expendable [1943] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: W. L. White Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, London & George Jaboor, Melbourne
Comments: Getting MacArthur out of the Philippines & the role played by American Motor Torpedo Boats.
To Hell-fire, Purgatory and Back [2000] ISBN: 0646398083 Area: Asia By: Ian Saggers Publisher: Optima Press
Comments: Major A. E. Saggers, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion & Special Reserve Battalion, battle experiences Singapore and P.O.W. days with H Force, Thailand. Diary based.
To Sea In A Sieve [1958] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Peter Bull Publisher: Beacon Books
Comments: Naval action.
To The Kwai And Back [2006] ISBN: 0285637452 Area: Asia By: Ronald Searle Publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd
Comments: English artist's drawings and description of his time as a P.O.W. (J) in Changi, with H Force on the Burma-Thailand Railway in Thailand and later Changi again.
To The River Kwai Two Journeys - 1943, 1979 [1988] ISBN: 0747502978 Area: Asia By: John Stewart Publisher: Bloomsbury
Comments: Author was British P.O.W. (J) interpreter with F Force on the Burma Railway. In 1979 he returned to the Railway, & went as far north as 50 Kilo Camp from Thanbyuzayat. Descriptions of the 2 journeys are interleaved.
Together Up There [2003] ISBN: 1876439920 Area: Pacific By: Victor Posse Publisher: Austalian Military History Publications
Comments: Unit history of No. 549 RAF / RAAF Fighter Squadron in Australia during World War 2.
Touched By War [2006] ISBN: 1876439688 Area: Pacific By: Raynor Barber and Lisa Mariah Publisher: Austalian Military History Publications
Comments: Memoirs of a Beaufighter pilot.
Two Steps To Tokyo [1945] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Gordon Powell Publisher: Oxford University Press
Comments: Story of the R.A.A.F. in the Trobriand and Admiralty Islands in World War 2.
Unsung Ordinary Men [2010] ISBN: 9780733625244 Area: Asia, Pacific By: Sally Dingo Publisher: Hachette Australia
Comments: Author's grandfather and father served in WW I (France) & WWII (Timor, P.O.W., J) respectively. She tells how their war experiences affected these men & those around them.
Wake Of The Wahoo [1960] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Forest J. Sterling Publisher: Chilton Company
Comments: Account of the 11 month life of the submarine U.S.S. Wahoo by the only surviving member of the crew.
War Behind The Wire [2008] ISBN: 978073362111 Area: Worldwide By: Michael Caulfield Publisher: Hachette Australia
Comments: From interviews of 59 prisoners, mostly of World War 2, in "The Australians at War Film Archive". A topic per chapter.
War Cameraman : The Story Of Damien Parer [1994] ISBN: 0850913411 Area: Europe, Middle East, Pacific By: Neil McDonald Publisher: Thomas C. Lothian Pty Ltd
Comments: Chronicle of Australian war camerman Damien Parer up to his death in action.
War Diaries [2006] ISBN: 1920785833 Area: Asia By: Fred Lasslett Publisher: Brolga Publishing
Comments: P.O.W. diary in Japanese Camps.
War In The Shadows : Bougainville 1944-45 [1986] ISBN: 0642994862 Area: Pacific By: Peter Medcalf Publisher: Australian War Memorial
Comments: Australian soldier's experiences in jungle warfare on Bougainville 1944 to 1945.
Warrior Of Kokoda [1999] ISBN: 1864489081 Area: Pacific By: Bill Edgar Publisher: Allen Unwin Pty Ltd (A Biography Of Brigadier Arnold Potts)
Comments: Biography of Brigadier Arnold Potts.
We Band Of Brothers [2000] ISBN: 1865082856 Area: Africa, Europe, Pacific By: Peter Brune Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: Story of Ralph Honner who fought at Bardia, Tobruk, Derna, Greece, Crete, Kokoda and Gona.
Weary : The Life Of Sir Edward Dunlop [1995] ISBN: 0140240071 Area: Worldwide By: Sue Ebury Publisher: Penquin Books
Comments: Biography of Weary Dunlop 1907 to 1993.
Wewak Mission [2005] ISBN: 0646283162 Area: Pacific By: Lionel P. V. Veale Publisher: Lionel P. V. Veale
Comments: Author describes an actual Australian Coastwatchers mission to Wewak, New Guinea. Forty-seven Coastwatchers were killed or (usually) executed by the Japanese during World War 2.
What Price Surrender? [1989] ISBN: 0049101188 Area: Pacific By: Desmond Jackson Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: Author's experiences with Black Force in Java and as P.O.W. on the Burma Railway.
When The Balloon Went Up [1990] ISBN: 0044422091 Area: Asia By: Hugh V. Clarke Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: Series of short stories illustrating the humour and mateship of Australians involved in the Malayan campaign and as P.O.W. (J) on the Burma Railway and in Japan.
When You Go Home [1993] ISBN: 1897666004 Area: Asia By: Arthur Lane Publisher: A. Lane Publications, U.K.
Comments: Returned British soldier's account of Malayan campaign, Burma Railway & return visit with photos. Lists some war criminals. Roll of Honour of U.K. Forces who died during the campaign & as P.O.W.s.
While History Passed [1954] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Jessie Elizabeth Simons Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd
Comments: Story of Australian Nurses, evacuated from Singapore per Vyner Brooke, who survived its sinking & were taken P.O.W. On Banka Island & Sumatra.
White Coolies [1954] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Betty Jeffrey Publisher: Angus and Robertson
Comments: Story of Australian Nurses, evacuated from Singapore per Vyner Brooke, who survived its sinking & were taken P.O.W. On Banka Island & Sumatra.
Wingless Victory [1953] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Anthony Richardson Publisher: Odhams Press Ltd
Comments: Sir Basil Embry's escape from occupied France in 1940.
Women Beyond the Wire [1997] ISBN: 0099248220 Area: Asia By: Lavinia Warner and John Sandilands Publisher: Arrow Books Limited
Comments: Story told by English women, in the same group as Betty Jeffrey and Jessie Simons, of Singapore before and during its fall and their P.O.W. experiences.
World War II Wasn't All Hell [1988] ISBN: 0091692504 Area: Pacific By: Keith Smith Publisher: Century Hutchinsons Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Author's account of serving in the Australian 15th Field Ambulance in Australia, New Guinea & the Solomon Islands.
Yankee R.N. [1952] ISBN: No Area: Worldwide By: A. H. Cherry Publisher: Jarrolds Publishers (London) Limited
Comments: Story of a Wall Street Banker in the U.S.A. who volunteered for active duty in the Royal Navy before America came into the war.
You'll Be Sorry [1990] ISBN: 073168091X Area: Asia, Pacific, Australia By: Ann Holland Publisher: Tarka Publishing
Comments: Recollections of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) volunteers from 1941 to 1945.
You'll Be Sorry [1944] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Gilbert Mant Publisher: Frank Johnson
Comments: Author Reuters editor. Covers enlistment & training in 2/19 Battalion. Reuters requested his release from Army, then sent him back to Malaya to cover its defence. Returned pre Singapore's fall.
You'll Die In Singapore [1956] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Charles McCormac Publisher: Reader's Union Ltd
Comments: Escape by P.O.W. from Singapore, down Sumatra and Java until picked up by a Catalina.
You'll Never Get Off the Island [1989] ISBN: 0043522416 Area: Asia By: Keith Wilson Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: 8th Division Signalman's tales of people of all nationalities whom he met in Singapore where he stayed for the duration of the war.

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