The Resource Private Bill : in love and war, Barrie Cassidy
Private Bill : in love and war, Barrie Cassidy
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The item Private Bill : in love and war, Barrie Cassidy represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
Resource Information
The item Private Bill : in love and war, Barrie Cassidy represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- 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 reached 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 their son - of how a loving couple prevailed over the adversities of war to live an extraordinarily ordinary, happy life
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 192 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates
- Isbn
- 9780522866131
- Label
- Private Bill : in love and war
- Title
- Private Bill
- Title remainder
- in love and war
- Statement of responsibility
- Barrie Cassidy
- Subject
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- Cassidy, William
- Family secrets -- Australia
- Prisoners of war -- Australia -- Biography
- Prisoners of war -- Austria | Klagenfurt -- Biography
- Adopted children -- Australia
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Australian -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisons and prisoners, Australian -- Biography
- Soldiers -- Australia -- Biography
- trueAustralian
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 reached 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 their son - of how a loving couple prevailed over the adversities of war to live an extraordinarily ordinary, happy life
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cassidy, Barrie
- Dewey number
- 940.5472
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Cassidy, William
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Prisoners of war
- Family secrets
- World War, 1939-1945
- Prisoners of war
- Soldiers
- Adopted children
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Private Bill : in love and war, Barrie Cassidy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
-
- text
- cartographic image
- still image
- Control code
- 000053352280
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 192 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates
- Isbn
- 9780522866131
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some colour), 1 map, portraits
- Label
- Private Bill : in love and war, Barrie Cassidy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
-
- text
- cartographic image
- still image
- Control code
- 000053352280
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 192 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates
- Isbn
- 9780522866131
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some colour), 1 map, portraits
Subject
- Cassidy, William
- Family secrets -- Australia
- Prisoners of war -- Australia -- Biography
- Prisoners of war -- Austria | Klagenfurt -- Biography
- Adopted children -- Australia
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Australian -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisons and prisoners, Australian -- Biography
- Soldiers -- Australia -- Biography
- trueAustralian
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