When, on 1 December 1942, "HMAS Armidale" succumbed to air attack and sank into the depths of the Timor Trench, no one was immediately aware of the sudden loss of 100 lives and dire plight of the survivors who were cast into the Arafura Sea. Obscured for many years, details of the story have entered the public annals of naval history only relatively recently.
This beautifully illustrated book seeks to make visible the details of the survivors' ordeal. Through the extraordinary paintings and drawings of Jan Senbergs, a detailed introduction by Don Watson, and Col Madigan's vivid and harrowing recollections, the book reconstructs some of the incidents which make up this haunting episode of wartime tragedy.
One of the most original and moving works on our involvement in the Second World War to be published, this book is destined to become a classic.
