Roy WhitecrossRoy Whitecrossi(A128388 works by)
(a.k.a.
Roy Hamilton Whitecross)
Born:Established:7 Apr 1920Randwick,Randwick area,Sydney Eastern Suburbs,Sydney,New South Wales,;Died:Ceased:11 Oct 2009Sydney,New South Wales,
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Roy Whitecross was a World War II prisoner-of-war in Changi, on the Burma-Thai railway and in Japan. His autobiography, Slaves of the Son of Heaven: A Personal Account of an Australian POW, 1942-1945, sold nearly 200,000 and was frequently reprinted.
Whitecross worked in the New South Wales public service and as assistant registrar at The University of Sydney.