Doris Van der Stratten : the Australian mistress of the Japanese Commander of Kuala Lumpur / Andrew Barber
- Bib ID:
- 7376806
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Barber, Andrew, 1959-, author
- Description:
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- [Kuala Lumpur], Malaysia : Karamoja Press, 2016
- 152 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 21 cm
- ISBN:
- 9789834337261 (hardback)
- Summary:
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"The true story of Doris van der Stratten, an Australian housewife who at the outset of the Second World War survived a massacre, a five-month trek through the jungles of Malaya, incarceration with POWs and then became the mistress of the Japanese Commander of the Kuala Lumpur Garrison, before finally and fatally encountering the Japanese military police - the dreaded Kempetei. This is the story of her extraordinary life and tragic death"--Back cover.
- Full contents:
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- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- ch. 1. Early years in Adelaide
- ch. 2. The van der Stratten family
- ch. 3. The Kampong Toh Massacre
- ch. 4. Survival and imprisonment
- ch. 5. A mistress of the Japanese
- ch. 6. The wheels of justice
- ch. 7. The trial of Lt Shuzi Murakami
- ch. 8. A family decimated
- ch. 9. Aftermath
- Epilogue
- Select bibliography
- References.
- Notes:
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- "Doris van der Stratten died in August 1943, having either fallen or been pushed from an upper-floor window of the Japanese military police - Kempetei - headquarters in central Kuala Lumpur following three days of interrogation. She was a 39-year old Australian housewife and the mistress of a senior ranking Japanese military officer."--Preface.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-152)
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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