The Story of Roboul
p. 69 · Read in the full issue
A BOOK by Mr. Gordon Thomas, on his 1942-45 experiences—he was one of the half-dozen Rabaul civilians who c'lme out of the Jap invasion alive — all the others are de*d —is in the hands rf the Publishers. This is the reader’s report on it: “The whole of this account is written in an easv. colloquial style, such as one might expect from a man with journalis tic experience. Humorous incidents are friven full value, and the robust Austra lian wit of the prisoners causes many an appreciative chuckle —as also does the choice of nicknames for the various Jap officers. As an account of one small — but, to Australians very important— aspect of the war. and also as a very readable factual storv ‘RABAUL, 1942- 1945/ is well worth publishing.”