JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. You must have JavaScript enabled in your browser to utilise the functionality of this website.
Browse or search our incredible range of 12,000+ second-hand books online. If you can't find what you're looking for, visit one of our stores to browse some of our 400,000+ books in stock.
Read More
$40.00
Sold Out
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
Hardcover in Dustjacket
Elizabeth’s Bookshops have been one of Australia’s premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth’s family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse.
All items can be viewed at Elizabeth’s Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street, Fremantle WA. Click & Collect (no postage cost!) is available at all branches.
URL: https://www.elizabethsbookshop.com.au/shop/sold-currently-out-of-stock/surprising-battalion-the-australian-commandos-in-china
