The Life Story of Just an Ordinary Bloke who Says He was "bloody Lucky"
- ISBN-10
- 0859053814
- ISBN-13
- 9780859053815
- Category
- Burma
- Pages
- 160
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-01-01
- Author
- Jack Thorpe
Description
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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