Line of Fire [electronic resource]
Ian Townsend2017
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The little known and intriguing WWII story of an eleven-year-old Australian
schoolboy who was shot by the Japanese in Rabaul in 1942 as a suspected spy - a
compelling story of spies, volcanoes, history and war. In May 1942, in the town
of Rabaul in the Australian territory of New Guinea, five Australian civilians
were taken by Japanese soldiers to a pit at the base of a volcano and executed
as spies.A mother, her brother, her husband and her friend. And her 11-year-old
son. Who were these people and what had led them to this terrible end, under the
shadow of a volcano? Acclaimed 4th Estate author and award-winning science
journalist Ian Townsend has uncovered a fascinating story that sheds new light
on a largely forgotten but desperate battle fought on Australian territory. The
Australian Government, unable to reinforce its small garrison, abandoned more
than 1500 Australian soldiers and civilians as ‘hostages to fortune' in the face
of the irresistible Japanese advance. Se...
Main title:
Line of Fire [electronic resource] / Ian Townsend
Author:
Ian Townsend, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : 4th Estate, 2017
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (320 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781460705520
Language:
English
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BRN:
433683
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