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Defying the odds : surviving Sandakan and Kuching / Michele Cunningham.

Title
Defying the odds : surviving Sandakan and Kuching / Michele Cunningham.
Author
Cunningham, Michele (Michele Katherine)
Publication
South Melbourne, Victoria : Lothian Books, 2006.

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Description
xvii, 237 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm
Summary
Presents a riveting account of the experiences of a unique group of 145 Australian officers who were held prisoners by the Japanese, at Sandakan, and later Kuching, from 1942 to 1945.
Subject
  • 1939-1945
  • Australia
  • Australia. Australian Division, 8th
  • Australia. Australian Division, 8th
  • Borneo
  • Internment camp theater
  • Internment camp theater > Malaysia
  • Internment camps
  • Internment camps > Borneo
  • Japan
  • Kuching (Sabah : Concentration camp)
  • Kuching (Sarawak, Malaysia)
  • Malaysia
  • Malaysia > Kuching (Sarawak)
  • Prisoners of war
  • Prisoners of war > Australia
  • Prisoners of war > Japan
  • Sandakan (Concentration camp)
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-232) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 9780734409171
  • 0734409176
LCCN
2007367511
OCLC
86118267
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library