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Colonel Jack Scanlan was an original Anzac, landing with the 7th Battalion AIF, was later wounded and returned to Australia, but when fit again went to France and spent the rest of the war in action there. He was trained at brigade and division level and took part in the battles of the 15th Australian Infantry Brigade, commanded by Brigadier H. 'Pompey' Elliott in 1917 and 1918. Promoted to command the 59th Battalion AIF he led it through the famous battles of 1918, especially at Villers-Bretonneux, on 4 July 1918 and at Amiens and Peronne. He was awarded the DSO and Bar and three times was Mentioned in Dispatches, as well as being recommended for other decorations. Recalled to service in 1939, in October 1941 he was sent to command Australian forces at Rabaul. Here he found that the assigned task was beyond the capabilities of the small force placed there and that no evacuation would be possible if the Japanese attacked. This they did in overwhelming force and Scanlan was required to surrender to save the lives of his men, who were being killed by the Japanese as they captured them. Scanlan survived the war in captivity in Japan, for some of the time at Zentsuji Camp. He returned

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Author

McAulay, Lex

Publisher

Banner Books

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781875593347

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities