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Cruiser : the life and loss of HMAS Perth and her crew / Mike Carlton

Record no:

63367

Call no:

359.3253 CAR

Author:

Carlton, Mike

Publisher:

North Sydney, N.S.W.: Random House

Year:

2010

Description:

xiii, 706 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Perth (Cruiser);
Australia. Royal Australian Navy - History;
World War, 1939-1945 - Naval operations, Australian;
Sunda Strait (Indonesia), Battle of, 1942;
World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese;

Isbn:

9781741668391

Type:

Book

Abstract:

Of all the Australians who fought in the Second World War, none saw more action nor endured so much of its hardship and horror as the crew of the cruiser HMAS Perth. Most were young ; many were still teenagers ; from cities and towns, villages and farms

across the nation.

more...

Contents:

Part 1. Leaving home -- Part 2. War in the Mediterranean -- Part 3. To the Sunda Strait -- Part 4. Prisoners and survivors.

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Result	Links	Location	Library	Shelf no	Status	Year	Volume	Copy
1		Maritime	Western Australian Museum	359.3253 CAR	On Shelf