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This book is one of the series called 'Australians in the Pacific War'. It includes seventy pages of illustrations and photographs of many Australians who were held captive in countries to the north of Australia between 1941 and 1945. Contents include: - Changi - Labour camps - The Burma-Thailand Railway ('River Kwai') - Sandakan - Timor, Ambon and Rabaul - Japan - Prisoners who died at sea - Nurses - Freedom.