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'David Digger Barrett was given his nickname at an early age by his father. It was prophetic: as an eighteen-year-old looking for fun and adventure, he enlisted as a private and served in World War II. After surviving the Malayan campaign, he would spend over three years as a Japanese prisoner of war. It would take Digger more than fifty years to rid his mind of the hate he had for the guards of the Imperial Japanese Army. His story of courage, mateship and survival takes him from the prison camps of Thailand and Burma to the fight for reparations for all Australian POWs of the Japanese.' Source: libraries Australia.

Notes

  • Dedication:To all those prisoners of war of the Japanese who died before they could be rescued and to those who, on returning home, suffered from the residual effects of their imprisonment and died long before the time nature normally allows us to enjoy life.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Scoresby, Ferntree Gully area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Five Mile Press , 2012 .
      Extent: xii, 290 p., [8] p. of platesp.
      Description: illus., map, facsims., ports.
      Note/s:
      • Includes bibliographical references.
      • With a foreword by Toshiyuki Tanaka, Research Professor, Hiroshima Peace Institute.
      ISBN: 9781743007426 (pbk.) :

Works about this Work

Non-Fiction Ian Barry , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 11 - 12 August 2012; (p. 23)

— Review of Digger's Story : Surviving the Japanese POW Camps Was Just the Beginning David Barrett , Brian Robertson , 2012 single work autobiography
Non-Fiction Ian Barry , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 11 - 12 August 2012; (p. 23)

— Review of Digger's Story : Surviving the Japanese POW Camps Was Just the Beginning David Barrett , Brian Robertson , 2012 single work autobiography
Last amended 10 Dec 2012 14:58:57
Subjects:
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    Burma,
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    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • Changi,
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    Singapore,
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    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • Burma-Thailand Railway,
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    Burma,
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    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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