Soldier Surgeon In Malaya
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
In one of the most harrowing theatres of the Second World War, a single Australian military surgeon fought to save lives amid the chaos of the Malayan Campaign and the brutal conditions of the Burma-Thailand Railway — and Soldier Surgeon in Malaya is his unflinching account of that ordeal. Thomas Hamilton, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps and Senior Australian Medical Officer on the infamous Death Railway, chronicles his wartime service with clinical precision and raw humanity, from his role commanding the 2/6th Australian Casualty Clearing Station to the desperate struggle to provide medical care to thousands of Allied prisoners of war under Japanese captivity. Hamilton's memoir stands as a vital document of Australian military history, offering a ground-level perspective on the physical and moral extremes endured by the men of the AIF in Southeast Asia. His prose is measured yet powerful, balancing the detached authority of a medical professional with the weight of a witness to extraordinary suffering. Illustrated by P.J.L. Kickhefer and published by the prestigious Sydney house Angus and Robertson, this volume occupies an important place in the literature of the Pacific War — a testament to resilience that raises urgent questions about duty, humanity, and survival at the very edge of endurance.
Author: Thomas Hamilton
Format: Hardback
Published: 1957, Angus and Robertson
Genre: Biography
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
In one of the most harrowing theatres of the Second World War, a single Australian military surgeon fought to save lives amid the chaos of the Malayan Campaign and the brutal conditions of the Burma-Thailand Railway — and Soldier Surgeon in Malaya is his unflinching account of that ordeal. Thomas Hamilton, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps and Senior Australian Medical Officer on the infamous Death Railway, chronicles his wartime service with clinical precision and raw humanity, from his role commanding the 2/6th Australian Casualty Clearing Station to the desperate struggle to provide medical care to thousands of Allied prisoners of war under Japanese captivity. Hamilton's memoir stands as a vital document of Australian military history, offering a ground-level perspective on the physical and moral extremes endured by the men of the AIF in Southeast Asia. His prose is measured yet powerful, balancing the detached authority of a medical professional with the weight of a witness to extraordinary suffering. Illustrated by P.J.L. Kickhefer and published by the prestigious Sydney house Angus and Robertson, this volume occupies an important place in the literature of the Pacific War — a testament to resilience that raises urgent questions about duty, humanity, and survival at the very edge of endurance.