{"product_id":"slaves-of-the-son-of-heaven-the-personal-story-of-an-australian-prisoner-of-the-japanese-during-the-years-1942-1945-by-whitecross-roy-h","title":"Slaves of the Son of Heaven - The Personal story of an Australian Prisoner of The Japanese During the Years 1942-1945. by Whitecross, Roy H.","description":"\u003cp\u003eSlaves of the Son of Heaven - The Personal story of an Australian Prisoner of The Japanese During the Years 1942-1945. by Whitecross, Roy H.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher:\u003cbr\u003eDymock's Book Arcade Limited 1952.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood hardback, no jacket. Rubbing, bumpng, marks, tanning and foxing, no inscriptions.\u003cbr\u003e246 pages, illustrated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMemoir.\u003cbr\u003eAuthor's Service: Roy Whitecross served as an Australian private in the 8th Division AIF after enlisting in 1941. He was captured following the fall of Singapore.\u003cbr\u003eCamp Imprisonment: He was held in notorious locations including Changi, camps in Malaya, Burma, and Thailand.The Burma-Thailand Railway: Whitecross survived forced labor on the infamous railway, where extreme deprivation, starvation, disease, and brutality caused a fifty percent death rate among the workers.\u003cbr\u003eLabour in Japan: Later in the war, he was transported to mainland Japan to perform slave labour in an underground coal mine.\u003cbr\u003eSecret Diary: He risked his life to secretly maintain a diary on scraps of paper, which was buried and later recovered after the war ended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52004873011447,"sku":null,"price":13.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/7687\/5255\/files\/IMG_6098_4751057f-f0cc-4271-8723-96684338980e.jpg?v=1793747455","url":"https:\/\/phoenixbooksnz.com\/en-gb\/products\/slaves-of-the-son-of-heaven-the-personal-story-of-an-australian-prisoner-of-the-japanese-during-the-years-1942-1945-by-whitecross-roy-h","provider":"Phoenix Books NZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}