Fighting Bandsman’s Last Stand

Fighting Bandsman’s Last Stand
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Publisher : Book Venture Publishing LLC
Total Pages : 347
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ISBN-10 : 9781640695283
ISBN-13 : 1640695281
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Book Synopsis Fighting Bandsman’s Last Stand by : Terry Tweedie

Download or read book Fighting Bandsman’s Last Stand written by Terry Tweedie and published by Book Venture Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2017-08-31 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don Tweedie, Fighting Bandsman’s Last Stand is a story of courage, determination, heroism, faith, love, and mateship throughout World War II. Don Tweedtie’s last stand against the Japanese was in 1942 at Holland Hill, Singapore where he was severely wounded. Most stories that have been written have been more of a historical sense, whereas this is a more personal story. This book is written in three parts, and outlines his childhood/teenage years and leads into World War II, and then how he dealt with the images of war when he returned home in 1945. Part 2 is written from the heart, as it was told to his son about his war experience. Don Tweedie grew up throughout the Depression years, leading into WWII. He worked in a clothing warehouse in Sydney, and always wanted to play in a brass band. He joined the militia in 1937, and then enlisted in the infantry in 1940 to fight for his country. Don Tweedie was posted with the 2/20th Battalion in the Australian 8th Division to Malaya. It was while he was in the infantry that he became a bass drummer for the 2/20th Battalion band. However, he was severely wounded and captured in the fall of Singapore and was placed in captivity in Changi, Burma Railway, Saigon, Singapore, and Japan for the rest of the war.


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