Australia's Forgotten Prisoners: Civilians Interned by the Japanese in World War TwoThe Japanese captured 1500 Australian civilians during World War II. They spent the war interned in harsh, prison like camps throughout the Asia Pacific region. Civilian internees though not members of the armed forces endured hardship, privation and even death at the hands of the enemy. This book, first published in 2007, tells the stories of Australian civilians interned by the Japanese in World War II. By recreating the daily lives and dramas