Slaves of the Son of Heaven (5th Ed)

Description

Title: Slaves of the Son of Heaven

Author: Whitecross, Roy H

Condition: SECOND HAND – Very Good – Wear and tear to the cover.

Edition: 5th Edition

Publication Date: 1962

ISBN: Nil

Cover: Soft Cover without Dust Jacket – 255 pages

Comments: The author’s captivating account as an Australian Prisoner of War of the Japanese during World War 2. Whitecross volunteered for the AIF in 1941. Within 8 weeks he was in Singapore, within 12 months he was in Changi. He was then sent in a working party to build airstrips in Burma, and later to the Burma-Thailand Railway. Surviving the railway, he was sent to the Japanese coal mines.