Abandoned and Sacrificed: Tragedy of the Montevideo Maru by Kathryn Spurling

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges.

The forgotten story of Australia's worst maritime disaster.

In 1942, over 1000 prisoners and internees perished as a lone American submarine sunk the Japanese-requisitioned Montevideo Maru.

Dr Kathryn Spurling tells how the victims - nuns, priests, soldiers and civilians, many barely adults, came to perish on the Japanese hellship and reveals why the Australian Government continued to cover up the details of the sinking long after the end of the war. (back cover)