The Resource The story of Billy Young, Anthony Hill
The story of Billy Young, Anthony Hill
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The item The story of Billy Young, Anthony Hill represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- "Bill Young was a boy of 15 when he joined the AIF in 1941. He was an orphan - hungry, broke, with nowhere to sleep - and the army offered him a feed, a blanket and five shilings a day in his pocket. The trouble was, the army sent him off to Malaya where he became a POW when Singapore fell to the Japanese. From Changi, 'Billy the Kid' went on to spend the rest of his teenage years in some of the most barbaric Japanese prisons: the notorious labour camp at Sandakan (from which he escaped), and solitary confinement in the horrific Outram Road prison. Billy survived by a combination of luck, larrikin humour and native cunning, learned as a market boy growing up in Sydney during the Depression. He has lasted into old age by virtue of his extraordinary spirit. In this powerful account of one of the youngest-ever prisoners of war, award winning author Anthony Hill takes into the hearts and minds of the POWs, who refused to ever wholly submit to their captors."--Back cover
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The story of Billy Young
- Title
- The story of Billy Young
- Statement of responsibility
- Anthony Hill
- Title variation
- Story of Billy Young
- Title variation remainder
- a teenager in Changi, Sandakan and Outram Road
- Subject
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- Changi (Singapore : Concentration camp) -- Biography
- Outram Road (Singapore : Concentration camp) -- Biography
- Prisoners of war -- Australia -- Biography
- Sandakan (Sabah : Concentration camp) -- Biography
- Soldiers -- Australia -- Biography
- Australia, Army | Australian Imperial Force, 2nd (1939-1946) -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Australian
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Biography
- Young, Bill, 1925- -- Childhood and youth
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Participation, Juvenile
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Bill Young was a boy of 15 when he joined the AIF in 1941. He was an orphan - hungry, broke, with nowhere to sleep - and the army offered him a feed, a blanket and five shilings a day in his pocket. The trouble was, the army sent him off to Malaya where he became a POW when Singapore fell to the Japanese. From Changi, 'Billy the Kid' went on to spend the rest of his teenage years in some of the most barbaric Japanese prisons: the notorious labour camp at Sandakan (from which he escaped), and solitary confinement in the horrific Outram Road prison. Billy survived by a combination of luck, larrikin humour and native cunning, learned as a market boy growing up in Sydney during the Depression. He has lasted into old age by virtue of his extraordinary spirit. In this powerful account of one of the youngest-ever prisoners of war, award winning author Anthony Hill takes into the hearts and minds of the POWs, who refused to ever wholly submit to their captors."--Back cover
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1942-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hill, Anthony
- Dewey number
- 940.5472
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Young, Bill
- Australia
- Soldiers
- World War, 1939-1945
- Prisoners of war
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Sandakan (Sabah : Concentration camp)
- Outram Road (Singapore : Concentration camp)
- Changi (Singapore : Concentration camp)
- Label
- The story of Billy Young, Anthony Hill
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-408) and index
- Control code
- 000048589400
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xv, 415 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780670076178
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.), maps, ports.
- Label
- The story of Billy Young, Anthony Hill
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-408) and index
- Control code
- 000048589400
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xv, 415 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780670076178
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.), maps, ports.
Subject
- Changi (Singapore : Concentration camp) -- Biography
- Outram Road (Singapore : Concentration camp) -- Biography
- Prisoners of war -- Australia -- Biography
- Sandakan (Sabah : Concentration camp) -- Biography
- Soldiers -- Australia -- Biography
- Australia, Army | Australian Imperial Force, 2nd (1939-1946) -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Australian
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Biography
- Young, Bill, 1925- -- Childhood and youth
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Participation, Juvenile
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