1. JAVA RABBLE: A story of a ship slavery and survival
by Skeels Fred 
Price: USD 23.64
Dealer: Biblio, Elizabeth's Bookshops
Description: Hesperian Press, WA, Date: 2008. Softcover. Near Fine. AUSTRALIAN MILITARY Sinking of HMAS Perth on 1st March 1942, by one of the survivor of the Battle of Sunda Strait. Skeels joined the navy in 1941 at the age of eighteen, and a year later was in the great battles of the Java Sea and Sunda Straits in which the Perth and its allies were sunk. Held in the Japanese death camps until the war’s end, he was shipped as a slave labourer from Java to Malaya, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and finally Japan. Royal Australian Navy. P.O.W.  #280315/150423viii, 151 p.: ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.Skeels Fred -- Biography.  |  Perth (Cruiser)  |  Cruisers (Warships) -- Australia.  |  Java Sea, Battle of the, 1942.  |  Sunda Strait (Indonesia), Battle of, 1942.  |  World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Australian.  |  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Australian. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. 2008. Hesperian Press, WA ISBN 0859054195 9780859054195 [AU] 

2. JAVA RABBLE: A story of a ship, slavery and survival
by Skeels, Fred 
Price: USD 24.15
Dealer: AbebooksAU, Elizabeth's Bookshops
Description: ISBN10: 0859054195, ISBN13: 9780859054195, [publisher: Hesperian Press, WA] Softcover AUSTRALIAN MILITARYÂSinking of HMAS Perth on 1st March 1942, by one of the survivor of the Battle of Sunda Strait. Skeels joined the navy in 1941 at the age of eighteen, and a year later was in the great battles of the Java Sea and Sunda Straits in which the Perth and its allies were sunk. Held in the Japanese death camps until the war’s end, he was shipped as a slave labourer from Java to Malaya, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and finally Japan. Royal Australian Navy. P.O.W. #280315/150423viii, 151 p.: ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.Skeels Fred -- Biography.ÂÂ|ÂÂPerth (Cruiser)ÂÂ|ÂÂCruisers (Warships) -- Australia.ÂÂ|ÂÂJava Sea, Battle of the, 1942.ÂÂ|ÂÂSunda Strait (Indonesia), Battle of, 1942.ÂÂ|ÂÂWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Australian.ÂÂ|ÂÂWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Australian. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. [Fremantle, WA, Australia] [Publication Year: 2008]