Larrikins in Khaki: Tales of irreverence and courage from World War II Diggers by Tim Bowden

Author:Tim Bowden
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Non-Fiction, Australia, World War II, Military History, War, History
ISBN: 9781760871604
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2019-06-03T00:00:00+00:00

But few Australians could ever bow easily.

Other prisoners had more violent early encounters. Private Dick Ryan, from military transport, was recovering from a broken leg when the sector was overrun by the Japanese. He experienced two extremes of their behaviour:

I was in hospital in Singapore when the Japanese came in, the day before the surrender. I was sitting up rolling a cigarette. I didn’t want to take any notice of them, but a Japanese stood at the end of my bed and when I finished he said, ‘gimme’. I licked the cigarette paper along and gave it to him. He got me to make three more for the three other blokes that were with him. They said how lovely they were. Of course they were made of Australian tobacco. They sent me in three packets of Japanese cigarettes. That was all right. The same day Japs came in and murdered one doctor in the ward, killed the patient on the table and wounded another doctor. Can you understand that sort of business?

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