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Bastard Behind the Lines - The extraordinary story of Jock McLaren's escape from Sandakan and his guerrilla war against the Japanese (Paperback)
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Bastard Behind the Lines - The extraordinary story of Jock McLaren's escape from Sandakan and his guerrilla war against the Japanese (Paperback)
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'The way I look at it is this...When you're behind the line and get
yourself into trouble, you've got to get your bloody self out
irrespective of anybody else. That's why I like it.' Scottish-born
but a Queenslander to the bone, Jock McLaren was a true Australian
hero. As a prisoner he escaped twice, first from Changi and later
from the infamous Sandakan POW camp in Borneo. After paddling a
dugout canoe across open sea, he fought for two years with
American-led Filipino guerrillas, his exploits so audacious the
Japanese put a price on his head. At the helm of his 26-foot
whaleboat, the Bastard, McLaren sailed brazenly into enemy-held
harbours, wreaking havoc with his mortar and machine guns before
heading back out to sea. In early 1945 he joined Australia's
secretive Z Special Unit, parachuting into Borneo to carry out
reconnaissance and organise anti-Japanese resistance ahead of
Allied landings. He cheated death on numerous occasions and saved
his own life by removing his appendix without anaesthetic, using
'two large dessert spoons' and a razor blade. Drawing on Allied and
Japanese wartime documents, Bastard Behind the Lines brings the
story of a courageous digger vividly to life and throws light on a
rarely explored aspect of Australia's Pacific war.
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