To Sandakan: The Diaries of Charlie Johnstone, Prisoner of War 1942-45 by C Dawson
Story of POW Charlie Johnstone who desperately clung to life at the 8 Mile Camp at Sandakan in North Borneo. Charlie Johnstone was an Australian airman serving with RAF. Most Of the book tells the story in his own words from his own diary. It is not about great feats of arms or great deeds of heroism, but ordinary people caught up in a nightmare and about their extraordinary fortitude. Johnstone was not only one of the few to survive Japanese captivity, but was also one of the few to take the great risk of keeping a record of his ordeal.
To Sandakan is a moving account of extraordinary endurance
To Sandakan: The Diaries of Charlie Johnstone, Prisoner of War 1942-45 by C Dawson
