| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 .J3 D534 1993 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
14027 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 1863735798 (hardbound)
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| Language Code |
- Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 805 .J3 D534 1993
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Holmes, Linda Goetz
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Four thousand bowls of rice :
- Remainder of title - a prisoner of war comes home /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Linda Goetz Holmes
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - St. Leonards, NSW, Australia :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Allen & Unwin,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1993.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xxiii, 179 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Dimensions - 24 x 17 cm.
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| Content Type |
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| Media Type |
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| Carrier Type |
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Account of an Australian soldier - Staff Sgt. Cecil Dickson - who was dispatched with his unit to Java as part of a reinforcing force to stop the Japanese onslaught. Dickson's unit, together with scattered American units, was instead captured and he became a prisoner of war, enduring untold hardships under the Japanese. He was one of those who worked on the Death Railway linking Burma and Thailand. This book is based on the letters and other writings of Sgt. Dickson, who was a journalist by profession and kept detailed notes. The title comes from the number of bowls he ate as a prisoner of war. Linda Holmes, the author, has written other works on POWs of the Japanese. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Australia
- Geographic subdivision - Australian Army
- General subdivision - Pioneer Battalion, 2/2.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Burma-Siam Railroad.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Dickson, Cecil.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - Australia.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - Japan.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Personal narratives, American.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
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| Uniform Title |
- Uniform title - 4000 bowls of rice.
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