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Digger's story, surviving the Japanese POW camps was just the beginning, David Barrett ; Brian Robertson

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Digger's story, surviving the Japanese POW camps was just the beginning, David Barrett ; Brian Robertson

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references

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individual biography

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Digger's story

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

785957548

Responsibility statement

David Barrett ; Brian Robertson

Sub title

surviving the Japanese POW camps was just the beginning

Summary

David Digger Barrett was given his nickname at an early age by his father. It was prophetic: as an eighteen-year-old looking for fun and adventure, he enlisted as a private and served in World War II. After surviving the Malayan campaign, he would spend over three years as a Japanese prisoner of war. It would take Digger more than fifty years to rid his mind of the hate he had for the guards of the Imperial Japanese Army. His story of courage, mateship and survival takes him from the prison camps of Thailand and Burma to the fight for reparations for all Australian POWs of the Japanese

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