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Main Title:	Surviving captivity : the campaign and POW diary of Bob Christie : 2/29th Battalion AIF, 1942-1945 / R.W. Christie ; edited and introduced by John F. Lack.
Author:	Christie, R. W. (Robert W.) Lack, John F. 2/29th Battalion AIF Association
Year:	2010, c1945.
Collation:	24 cm. xvii, 196 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., facsims., maps, portraits, bib., pbk ;

Subject:	Christie, R. W. (Robert W.) 2/29th Battalion Australian Army Changi Prisoner of War Camp, Singapore World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners of war Battalions Soldiers Military history Diaries and journals Prison and prisoners Singapore Australia
ISBN:	9781921509964 (pbk.)
Notes:	Surviving Captivity reveals an intensely personal and private battle, waged with the weapons of faith, hope and love of family. Bob Christie enlisted in the AIF in 1940, fought with the 2/29th Battalion in Malaya and Singapore, and was a POW in Changi and Thailand 1942–1945. After the war he dedicated himself to the welfare of veterans and their families. As Hon. Secretary of the 2/29th Battalion AIF Association for more than 60 years, Bob is the acknowledged head of the Battalion family. Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-196)