The sportsmen of Changi / Kevin Blackburn.

Collection type	Library
Author	Blackburn, Kevin, 1965- .;
Call Number	940.547252 B628s
Document type	Monograph
Year	2012.
Pagination	viii, 296 p. [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Publisher	New South Publishing,
Note	Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-282) and index. The Sportsmen of Changi tells the story everyone forgot - of how sport became a lifeline for POWs after the fall of Singapore, when 50 000 Australian and British soldiers became prisoners of the Japanese. Inspiring and absorbing, it shows that in unimaginable conditions people will do all they can to hold onto what makes them human.
Place made	Sydney :

Abstract

Leaving home -- An army of athletes -- Sports war of 1941 -- Battle -- Battle of Malaya -- Singapore falls -- Captivity -- Changi POW camp and its cricket 'tests' -- Changi's football season -- Changi guards versus prisoner games -- Sport and captivity in the worst camps -- Home again -- Resuming sporting careers.