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The life story of just an ordinary bloke who says he was "bloody lucky" / by Jack Thorpe

Record no:

85684

Call no:

940.5425 THO

Author:

Thorpe, Jack, 1921-

Publisher:

Carlisle, W.A.: Hesperian Press

Description:

xviii, 160 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 30 cm.

Subject:

Thorpe, Jack, 1921-;
World War, 1939-1945 - Personal narratives, Western Australian;
World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese - Biography;
Burma-Siam Railroad - History;
Burma - History - Japanese occupation, 1942-1945;

Prisoners of war - Japan - Biography;
World War, 1939-1945 - Conscript labour;

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Isbn:

0859053814

Notes:

Tiltle page signed and dedicated by author.

Type:

Book

Abstract:

Story of an Australian soldier who became a POW in World War II, worked on the Burma Death Railway, survived and had to work in coal mines in Japan till the war was over. He then became part of the occupying forces after the Japanese surrender.

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Result	Links	Location	Library	Shelf no	Status	Year	Volume	Copy
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