Staff Wallah: At the Fall of Singapore
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After three rejections for enlistment in the A.I.F., John Wyett became the first Australian Militia Officer to be trained at the prestigious Indian Army Command and Staff College at Quetta. His story then traces the events which led to his involvement with the 8th Division, his journeyings to Singapore and through India and Burma, before his participation in the Malaya Campaign.
As a senior member of General Gordon Bennett's staff, his account of the Campaign and the fall of Singapore sheds new light on that dark episode in Australia's military account of the Campaign and the fall of Singapore sheds new light on that dark episode in Australia's military history. He was able to observe a flawed commander at close quarters
he tells the story of defeat and captivity in an intriguing way.
Captivity meant the struggle against great odds - torture, starvation, a battle of wits with the Kempetai, solitary confinement, and a sentence of death.
Today, half a century later, John Wyett writes to inform but also to amuse. The 'Staff Wallah' leaves the reader with a rewarding experience of triumph over adversity.
After returning from captivity, John Wyett resumed his business carer in Tasmania. Always active in public affairs, his distinguished service to the community was recognised in 1988 when he became a member of the Order of Australia (A.M.). Among the many community organisations he has served are the Tasmanian Consumer Affairs Council, the Sandy Bay Environment Protection Council, the Royal Society of Tasmania, the Hobart Technical College Council and the Standing Committee of the Convocation of the University of Tasmania.
Author: John Wyett
Format: Paperback, 248 pages, 152mm x 230mm
Published: 1996, Allen & Unwin, Australia
Genre: Biography: Historical, Political & Military
After three rejections for enlistment in the A.I.F., John Wyett became the first Australian Militia Officer to be trained at the prestigious Indian Army Command and Staff College at Quetta. His story then traces the events which led to his involvement with the 8th Division, his journeyings to Singapore and through India and Burma, before his participation in the Malaya Campaign.
As a senior member of General Gordon Bennett's staff, his account of the Campaign and the fall of Singapore sheds new light on that dark episode in Australia's military account of the Campaign and the fall of Singapore sheds new light on that dark episode in Australia's military history. He was able to observe a flawed commander at close quarters
he tells the story of defeat and captivity in an intriguing way.
Captivity meant the struggle against great odds - torture, starvation, a battle of wits with the Kempetai, solitary confinement, and a sentence of death.
Today, half a century later, John Wyett writes to inform but also to amuse. The 'Staff Wallah' leaves the reader with a rewarding experience of triumph over adversity.
After returning from captivity, John Wyett resumed his business carer in Tasmania. Always active in public affairs, his distinguished service to the community was recognised in 1988 when he became a member of the Order of Australia (A.M.). Among the many community organisations he has served are the Tasmanian Consumer Affairs Council, the Sandy Bay Environment Protection Council, the Royal Society of Tasmania, the Hobart Technical College Council and the Standing Committee of the Convocation of the University of Tasmania.