| ISBN |
1877007102 |
| Name |
Moremon, John author. |
| Title |
A bitter fate : Australians in Malaya & Singapore, December 1941 - February 1942 / researched and written by John Moremon with Richard Reid ; consultant Historian, Dr Peter Stanley (Principal Historian, Australian War Memorial). |
| Published |
Canberra, A.C.T. : Department of Veterans' Affairs, 2002. (reprinted March 2017) |
| ©2002. |
| Description |
146 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 25 cm. |
| Notes |
Publication number: P596. |
| Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
1. The Singapore "fortress" -- 2. This land of jungle and heat -- 3. The sky seemed full of red circles -- 4. Every man was fighting mad -- 5. A taste of plain hell -- 6. Left to our fate -- Biographies : Matron Olive Paschke RRC: 2/10th Australian General Hospital AIF ; Midshipman Guy Griffiths, RAN: HMS Repulse ; Flight Sergeant Alfred Clare: No. 453 Squadron RAAF : Lieutenant Colonel Charles Anderson VC MC: 2/19th Battalion, AIF ; Sergeant Walter Brown VC DCM: 2/15th Field Regiment AIF ; Mr Vivian Bowden CBE: Diplomat -- Maps : Malaya ; Singapore. |
| Copyright |
Commonwealth of Australia 2002. |
| Subjects |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Malaysia |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Singapore |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Singapore |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Australia -- Singapore |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Australia -- Malaya |
| Singapore -- History -- Siege, 1942 |
| Singapore -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 |
| Genre |
History |
| Other Names |
Reid, Richard, 1944- author. |
| Added Corporate Names |
Australia. Department of Veterans' Affairs issuing body |
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