Robert Holman Robert Holman i(A122637 works by)
Born: Established: 12 Feb 1919 Croydon, Ashfield - Burwood area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 3 Dec 2005 Werri Beach, Kiama area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
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1 3 y separately published work icon On Paths of Ash : The Extraordinary Story of an Australian Prisoner of War Robert Holman , Sydney : Murdoch Books , 2009 Z1579632 2009 single work autobiography war literature 'On Paths of Ash is an extraordinary Australian World War II story. Robert and Jack Holman were working-class brothers who found themselves in three of the most horrific experiences of the war. They were interned in Changi prisoner-of-war camp, from where they became prison labourers on the infamous Burma Railway. From there they went as slaves to the coalmines of Japan, close enough to Nagasaki to see the mushroom cloud when the atomic bomb was dropped. This is Robert Holman's memoir, telling the story of a sensitive boy who grew up and went to war and lived through some of the most terrible experiences it had to offer.' (Publisher's blurb)
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