Surprising Battalion, The: Australian Commandos in China

The detailed account of Australian Commandos in China during World War Two.

This, the story of Australia’s first Commandos, is an epic of the war. Here is hardship and adventure, pathos and humour, suffering and excitement.

It tells of the men who went to Malaya with the 22nd Brigade, then sailed to Burma to train under Britain’s finest Commando leaders. Escaping from the Japanese, they journeyed the length of the tortuous Burma Road, crossing China almost to the coast. Here they trained the Suprising Battalions, some of China’s crack guerillas, and operated with them in war torn provinces.

The became famous as the Lost Legion of the AIF” – the boys of Mission 204.

With SCARCE (but edgeworn) dustjacket. Signed by Author (inscription) pp. 194 #1217 Pages tanned