Singapore And Beyond (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: name penned on fep; small sticker on the fep as well.
Singapore and Beyond is a harrowing and deeply human account of one of the darkest chapters of the Second World War — the fall of Singapore in 1942 and the brutal captivity that followed. Don Wall chronicles the story of the 2/10 Battalion A.I.F., the Australian soldiers who surrendered to Japanese forces and were subsequently dispersed as prisoners of war across occupied Asia, enduring unimaginable hardship with remarkable resilience. Illustrated by Clem Seale, the narrative brings visceral life to the daily struggles of men stripped of their freedom yet not their spirit, tracing their harrowing journeys through labour camps, disease, and deprivation across the Pacific theatre. Wall writes with the authority of lived experience and deep historical conscience, drawing on firsthand testimonies to construct a tribute that is as much a work of remembrance as it is a work of history. The book stands as a vital document of Australian military heritage, illuminating the courage and camaraderie that sustained men in conditions designed to break them. For those who seek to understand the true cost of war — not in grand strategy, but in human endurance — this account leaves one questioning just how much the human spirit can bear, and marvelling that it bore so much.
Author: Don Wall
Format: Hardback
Published: 1985, 2/20 Battalion Association Secretary, NSW
Genre: WW2
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: name penned on fep; small sticker on the fep as well.
Singapore and Beyond is a harrowing and deeply human account of one of the darkest chapters of the Second World War — the fall of Singapore in 1942 and the brutal captivity that followed. Don Wall chronicles the story of the 2/10 Battalion A.I.F., the Australian soldiers who surrendered to Japanese forces and were subsequently dispersed as prisoners of war across occupied Asia, enduring unimaginable hardship with remarkable resilience. Illustrated by Clem Seale, the narrative brings visceral life to the daily struggles of men stripped of their freedom yet not their spirit, tracing their harrowing journeys through labour camps, disease, and deprivation across the Pacific theatre. Wall writes with the authority of lived experience and deep historical conscience, drawing on firsthand testimonies to construct a tribute that is as much a work of remembrance as it is a work of history. The book stands as a vital document of Australian military heritage, illuminating the courage and camaraderie that sustained men in conditions designed to break them. For those who seek to understand the true cost of war — not in grand strategy, but in human endurance — this account leaves one questioning just how much the human spirit can bear, and marvelling that it bore so much.