While History Passed: The Story Of The Australian Nurses Who Were Prisoners Of The Japanese For Three And A Half Years
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
In one of the most harrowing and courageous accounts to emerge from the Pacific Theatre of World War II, While History Passed chronicles the extraordinary ordeal of Australian nurses who endured three and a half years as prisoners of the Japanese — women who refused to surrender their humanity even as the world around them collapsed into brutality and chaos. Jessie Elizabeth Simons, herself one of those captive nurses, presents a first-hand testimony of survival, resilience, and quiet heroism, set against the backdrop of the fall of Singapore and the grim realities of Japanese internment camps. Simons writes with unflinching clarity and restrained dignity, illuminating not only the physical hardships of captivity but the profound moral and psychological strength required to endure them. The narrative stands as both a vital historical document and a deeply personal memoir, shedding light on a chapter of Australian wartime history that is too often overlooked. With a foreword by Col. A. M. Sage, Matron-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps, and accompanied by 30 illustrations, this volume raises urgent questions about duty, sacrifice, and what it truly means to serve — leaving the reader in awe of the indomitable spirit of those who lived to tell the tale.
Author: Jessie Elizabeth Simons
Format: Hardback
Published: 1954, William Heinemann Ltd.
Genre: Australian history
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
In one of the most harrowing and courageous accounts to emerge from the Pacific Theatre of World War II, While History Passed chronicles the extraordinary ordeal of Australian nurses who endured three and a half years as prisoners of the Japanese — women who refused to surrender their humanity even as the world around them collapsed into brutality and chaos. Jessie Elizabeth Simons, herself one of those captive nurses, presents a first-hand testimony of survival, resilience, and quiet heroism, set against the backdrop of the fall of Singapore and the grim realities of Japanese internment camps. Simons writes with unflinching clarity and restrained dignity, illuminating not only the physical hardships of captivity but the profound moral and psychological strength required to endure them. The narrative stands as both a vital historical document and a deeply personal memoir, shedding light on a chapter of Australian wartime history that is too often overlooked. With a foreword by Col. A. M. Sage, Matron-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps, and accompanied by 30 illustrations, this volume raises urgent questions about duty, sacrifice, and what it truly means to serve — leaving the reader in awe of the indomitable spirit of those who lived to tell the tale.