TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cassidy,Barrie
TI  - Private Bill: in love and war 
SN  - 9780522866131
AV  - D805.A2 C37 2015
U1  - 940.5472436 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Carlton, Victoria
PB  - Melbourne University Press
KW  - Cassidy, William,
KW  - Cassidy, William.
KW  - Cassidy, William E.
KW  - World War (1939-1945)
KW  - fast
KW  - Soldiers
KW  - Australia
KW  - Biography
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Prisons and prisoners, Australian
KW  - Prisoners and prisons, German
KW  - Prisoners
KW  - Prisoners and prisons, Australian
KW  - Prisoners of war
KW  - Greece
KW  - Prisoners and prisons
KW  - Adopted children
KW  - Family secrets
KW  - Austria
KW  - Klagenfurt
KW  - Australian
KW  - Biography & autobiography (Australia)
KW  - World War II (Australia)
N1  - NOT TO BE RENEWED; Includes bibliographical references; 1. A regrettable decision -- 2. Awkward questions -- 3. The other side of the world -- 4. Operation Mercury -- 5. A prime target -- 6. A distant roar -- 7. Hill 107 -- 8. Precious lives lost -- 9. Prisoners of war -- 10. Trying to be brave -- 11. In an odious place -- 12. The cattle train -- 13. Unbearable reminders -- 14. The not-so-great escape -- 15. Lighter hearts -- 16. Dangerous defiance -- 17. The best camp in Austria -- 18. Badly knocked about -- 19. "Get up you lazy bastards!" -- 20. Time to themselves -- 21. Going with the flow -- 22. Myra's secret -- 23. All that anyone needs
N2  - Barrie Cassidy's dad Bill survived more than four years as a prisoner of war in World War II. He first saw conflict on Crete in May 1941, during the only large-scale parachute invasion in wartime history. Just four days later, Bill was wounded and eventually captured. Twice he tried to escape his internment - with horrific consequences. He suffered greatly but found courageous support from his fellow prisoners. His new wife Myra and his large family thought he was dead until news of his capture finally reached them. Back home, Myra too was a prisoner of sorts, with her own secrets. Then, fifty years after the war, unhealed wounds unexpectedly opened for Bill and Myra, testing them once again. Private Bill is a classic heart-warming story - as told by their son - of how a loving couple prevailed over the adversities of war to live an extraordinarily ordinary, happy life
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