Massacre at Parit Sulong

The story of a dreadful event: the large scale massacre of Australian soldiers by the Japanese after the battle of Muar in Malaya on 22nd January 1942, including the badly wounded and helpless – 145 men, including Indian soldiers, were shot and bayoneted to pieces. Only three Australian soldiers survived to escape one of whom Lieutneant Ben Hackney wrote his own account of it which Mant includes in the book. Mant pieces together an overwhelming story. Includes maps and 8 b&w photos. Index and three appendices. An astonishing story, including the Japanese CO’s war crimes trial and Hackney’s post-war life, while one other of the escapers completely hid his experience from his family. They had no idea of what he had been through. First Edition. pp.136 #130915/0221 (Ownership label inside cover.)