Bridging the gap between two wars |
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Title : | Bridging the gap between two wars |
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Creator : | Darwin, Kenneth Harold, 1920- | ||
Source : | D 7558(L) Bridging the gap between two wars : reminiscences of Ken Darwin | ||
Date of creation : | 1998 | ||
Format : | Manuscript | ||
Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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Description : |
Ken Darwin's reminiscences on his life written in 1998. This extract describes his experiences as a prisoner of war on the Burma Railway from November 1942 to March 1943, and his time at the '55 km.' camp where those prisoners too sick to work on the railway were sent. |
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Related names : | Darwin, Kenneth Harold, 1920- |
Period : | 1939-1945 |
Further reading : | Cochrane, Peter. Australians at War, Sydney: ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2001 |
Internet links : | Anzac Day Commemoration Committee (Queensland) See: History: World War 2 Australia at War Australia's War 1939-1945 [Information Services Branch of the Office of the Board of Studies NSW for the Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs] Australian Army History Unit [Department of Defence]: See: History & Battles: History Index [several sections about World War Two] Australians at War [Department of Veterans' Affairs] Australian War Memorial See: Australians at War: Australian Military History Overview: Second World War 1939-1945 The World at War See: Articles: Australia's War |