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Fred shares his experiences of battles, survival and capture after the sinking of the HMAS Perth during the Battle of the Sunda Straits in March 1942 when he became a POW held in Japanese death camps until the end of the war.
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JAVA RABBLE: A story of a ship, slavery and survival
Seller: Elizabeth's Bookshops, Fremantle, WA, Australia
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Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. AUSTRALIAN MILITARYÂSinking of HMAS Perth on 1st March 1942, by one of the survivor of the Battle of Sunda Strait. Skeels joined the navy in 1941 at the age of eighteen, and a year later was in the great battles of the Java Sea and Sunda Straits in which the Perth and its allies were sunk. Held in the Japanese death camps until the warâs end, he was shipped as a slave labourer from Java to Malaya, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and finally Japan. Royal Australian Navy. P.O.W. #280315/150423viii, 151 p.: ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.Skeels Fred -- Biography.ÂÂ|ÂÂPerth (Cruiser)ÂÂ|ÂÂCruisers (Warships) -- Australia.ÂÂ|ÂÂJava Sea, Battle of the, 1942.ÂÂ|ÂÂSunda Strait (Indonesia), Battle of, 1942.ÂÂ|ÂÂWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Australian.ÂÂ|ÂÂWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Australian. 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. Seller Inventory # 42402
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