| ISBN |
9780733629891 |
| Author |
Cunningham, Michele K. (Michele Katherine) (author.) |
| Title |
Hell on earth : Sandakan - Australia's greatest war tragedy / Michele Cunningham. |
| Portion of title |
Sandakan : Australia's greatest war tragedy. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Sydney : Hachette Australia, 2013. |
| ©2013. |
| Description |
xvi, 335 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Includes notes (pages 304-325) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-325) and index. |
| Contents |
1. A land of milk and honey -- 2. Slaves of the empire -- 3. Clandestine activities -- 4. Japanese justice -- 5. Life went on - for a while -- 6. The rest will march too -- 7. The end of the road -- 8. None will survive -- 9. A possible rescue? -- 10. A preventable tragedy? -- 11. Lest we forget. |
| Summary |
In mid-1942, after the fall of Singapore, almost three thousand Allied prisoners of war were taken by the Japanese from Changi to Sandakan. Of those, 2500 men lost their lives. "Hell on Earth" is a remarkable story of bravery, brutality, mateship and survival. |
| Subjects |
World War, 1939-1945 |
| Prisoners of war -- Australia |
| Prisoners of war -- Sabah -- Sandakan |
| Prisoners of war -- Borneo -- Sandakan (Sabah) |
| Prisoners of war -- Malaysia -- Sandakan (Sabah) |
| Prisoners of war -- Malaysia -- Kuching (Sarawak) |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Australian |
| Concentration camps -- Sabah (Malaysia)Sandakan -- History |
| Concentration camps -- Sarawak (Malaysia)Kuching -- History |
| Sandakan (Concentration camp) |
| Sandakan (Sabah : Concentration camp) |
| Kuching (Sarawak : Concentration camp) |
| Malaysia -- Kuching (Sarawak) |
| Malaysia -- Sandakan (Sabah) |
| Call number |
2018.558 |
