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Melbourne: William Heinemann Australia, 1985. xv, 131pp, index, bw ills. Or boards in jacket. Bottom edge of boards rubbed, page edges toned. In 1942 65 women-members of the Australian Army Nursing Service- were evacuated from Singapore to escape captivity by the Japanese. Of these 24 survived bombing, shipwreck, drowning, shooting, sickness, and captivity in Sumatra to return to Australia 3 1/2 years later. The author was one of those women.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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In Japanese Hands : Australian Nurses as POWS Hardcover - 1985
by Jessie Elizabeth Simons
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- Title In Japanese Hands : Australian Nurses as POWS
- Author Jessie Elizabeth Simons
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- Publisher William Heinemann, Melbourne
- Date 1985
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Heinemann, Australia, 1985. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Very Good +. Australian Militaryxvii, 131 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. #10822First published as: While history passed. Melbourne : Heinemann, 1954.Includes index.Australian women prisoners of war: Nurses. Japan, 1942-1945.  |  World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.  |  Women prisoners -- Japan.  |  Prisoners of war -- Japan.  |  Prisoners of war -- Australia.  |  Nurses -- Australia.  |  History of nursing -- Australia.Simons, Jessie Elizabeth, 1911- While history passed Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.…
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