Doomed Battalion: Mateship and Leadership in War and Captivity. The Australian 2/40 Battalion 1940-45.

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(Sydney): Allen & Unwin (1995). 8vo. Orig. illust. limp boards. (xxx 408pp.). With 16 full-page b/w plates and 11 full-page maps. Associated ephemera inserted. 1st edition. NOTE: An Australian 8th Division Battalion which formed part of Sparrow Force in Timor and was captured by the Japanese in February 1942. Includes Nominal Roll and Awards List.