Private Bill : in love and war / Barrie Cassidy.

Collection type	Library
Author	Cassidy, Barrie, author.;
Call Number	940.5472436 C345p
Document type	Monograph
Year	2014.
Pagination	viii, 192 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some colour), 1 map, portraits ; 24 c
Publisher	Melbourne University Press,
Note	Includes bibliographical references. Barrie Cassidy's dad Bill survived more than four years as a prisoner of war in World War II. He first saw conflict on Crete in May 1941, during the only large-scale parachute invasion in wartime history. Just four days later, Bill was wounded and eventually captured. Twice he tried to escape his internment - with horrific consequences. He suffered greatly but found courageous support from his fellow prisoners. His new wife Myra and his large family thought he was dead until news of his capture finally re ached them. Back home, Myra too was a prisoner of sorts, with her own secrets. Then, fifty years after the war, unhealed wounds unexpectedly opened for Bill and Myra, testing them once again. Private Bill is a classic heart-warming story - as told by thei r son - of how a loving couple prevailed over the adversities of war to live an extraordinarily ordinary, happy life.
Place made	Carlton, Vic :

Abstract

1. A regrettable decision -- 2. Awkward questions -- 3. The other side of the world -- 4. Operation Mercury -- 5. A prime target -- 6. A distant roar -- 7. Hill 107 -- 8. Precious lives lost -- 9. Prisoners of war -- 10. Trying to be brave -- 11. In an od ious place -- 12. The cattle train -- 13. Unbearable reminders -- 14. The not-so-great escape -- 15. Lighter hearts -- 16. Dangerous defiance -- 17. The best camp in Austria -- 18. Badly knocked about -- 19. "Get up you lazy bastards!" -- 20. Time to them selves -- 21. Going with the flow -- 22. Myra's secret -- 23. All that anyone needs.