Slaves of the Son of Heaven (3rd Edition)

Description

Title: Slaves of the Son of Heaven

Author: Whitecross, Roy

Condition: Good – Spine slack at rear. 4cm tear to corner of front end page. Gift inscription by the author and signed by the same on the title page.

Edition: 3rd Edition

Publication Date: 1953

ISBN: N/A

Cover: Hard Cover with Dust Jacket – 246 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.