Battlefield
Australian: Yes
Published: 2010 by Scholastic
Part of the
My Australian Story
series
Level:
Middle Years (6-9)
Family & Relationships , Historical
With his brother in a POW camp held by the Japanese, Barry trains himself to be ready to enlist when he turns 18, to go and rescue Jack. When the Japanese prisoners stage a break out in 1944 from the POW camp nearby his farm at Cowra in NSW, Barry is ready. Based on a true incident in Australia's history.