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Stubborn Buggers

The Survivors of the Infamous POW Gaol That Made Changi Look Like Heaven

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Stubborn Buggers

By: Tim Bowden
Narrated by: Tim Bowden
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'It made Changi seem like heaven.'

There was a place far worse than Changi - Singapore's Outram Road Gaol. Deprivation here was so extreme that there really was a fate worse than death. Stubborn Buggers is the story of 12 Australian POWs who fought and survived the battle for Malaya, then captivity and slave labour, followed by the unimaginable hardships of Outram Road Gaol.

It is a story of how they dealt with the brutality of the Japanese military police, the feared Kempeitai. And it is the story of how they found a way to go on living even when facing a future of no hope and slow death.

But Stubborn Buggers is about more than suffering and brutality. It is also a story of grit, determination, and larrikin humour. It is very much about the triumph of the human spirit.

©2014 Tim Bowden (P)2014 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd 20th Century Asia Australia, New Zealand & Oceania Japan Military Military & War Modern Oceania World War II War Imperial Japan Singapore
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Harrowing, real, straight to the point and a beautiful telling of ordinary men who became warriors and survived to tell the tale.

Absolutely brilliant!

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What the P.O.W's in Outram Road Gaol in Singapore went through is horrific. The depravity and the violence inflicted on the prisoners was nothing short of horrific. I thought Changi was the worst place for a P.O.W. to be during WW2, but it seems that 'honour' goes to Outram Road Goal. Well researched and the voices of the prisoners bring to audiobook to life.

A great read

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