Defying the Odds: Surviving Sandakan and Kuching

Michele Katherine Cunningham

Lothian Books, 2006 - Biography & Autobiography - 237 pages

The first full-length account of the experiences of a unique group of 145 Australian officers who were held prisoner by the Japanese at Sandakan, and later at Kuching, from 1942 to 1945.

About the author

Michele Cunningham is the daughter of one of the Australian officers who was interned at Sandakan and Kuching during World War II. She is a Visiting Research Fellow and a tutor at the University of Adelaide.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Defying the Odds: Surviving Sandakan and Kuching
• Author: Michele Katherine Cunningham
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Lothian Books, 2006
• ISBN: 0734409176, 9780734409171
• Length: 237 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / General; History / Australia & New Zealand; History / General; History / Military / General; History / Modern / 20th Century / General; History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General