Item #1855 Against all Odds The History of the 2/18 Battalion A.I.F. 2/18 Battalion, James BURFITT.

Against all Odds The History of the 2/18 Battalion A.I.F.

Frenchs Forest: published by the 2/18th Battalion Association, 1991. Octavo, hardcover, 296 pp., maps and photo plates. Near-fine copy with the dust-jacket, previous owner's label to front endpaper. Official history of the 2/18 Battalion in the Second World War. Stationed in Malaya and hopelessly outnumbered and out-gunned by the Japanese, the Battalion was captured during the fall of Singapore. Accordingly, much of this book is a record of POW captivity and forced labour. Item #1855

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