{"product_id":"the-witness-tom-gilling-9781760879273","title":"The Witness: The Fighting Had Ended But for Sandakan's Most Notorious Prisoner the War Was Not Over","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe fighting had ended but for Sandakan's most notorious prisoner the war was not over.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"That bastard's still alive? I'm going to kill him with my bare hands.\" --\u003c\/i\u003ePOW Bill Moxham \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the Australian war crimes trials that followed World War II, one prosecution witness stood out: Warrant Officer Bill Sticpewich. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During his three years in the infamous Sandakan POW camp, Sticpewich had seen hundreds of fellow prisoners die of starvation, sickness and overwork. Others were shot or bayoneted to death by Japanese guards on forced marches through the Borneo jungle. Of more than 2400 Allied prisoners at Sandakan at the start of 1945, only six survived. It was Sticpewich's meticulous evidence that sent Sandakan's commandant and his murderous henchmen to the gallows. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But to his fellow prisoners Sticpewich was not a war hero, he was a collaborator who avoided heavy labor and obtained extra rations by ingratiating himself with the Japanese. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Was Sticpewich a traitor or a man who did what he needed to stay alive? Drawing on wartime records, original interviews and the recollections of other survivors, \u003ci\u003eThe Witness\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the compelling story of Australia's most notorious POW.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Gilling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1760879274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781760879273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Allen \u0026amp; Unwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Tom Gilling","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079260565759,"sku":"9781760879273","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_62443c00-43eb-42f4-982b-ef223e1ae3ef.jpg?v=1685480111","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-witness-tom-gilling-9781760879273","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}