Williams, Louise,

A true story of the Great Escape : a young Australian POW in the most audacious breakout of WWII / Louise Williams. - v, 284 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliograpical references and index.

The first book to tell the story of an Australian POW in the famous Great Escape from Stalag Luft III in World War II, this is a moving account of the far too short life of a talented young man and a family hit hard by the Depression and war.

9781743313893


Williams, John Edwin Ashley, 1919-1944.
Kierath, Reginald Victor, 1915-1944.


Australia. Royal Australian Air Force --Officers--Crimes against.
Stalag Luft III--Biography.


World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Australian.
Prisoners of war--Germany--Biography.
Prisoners of war--Australia--Biography.
Escapes--Personal narratives.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German.
Prisoner-of-war escapes--Germany.
War crimes--Germany.