Stubborn Buggers

The Survivors of the infamous POW gaol that made Changi look like heaven

Author: Tim Bowden

This is the little known story of Singapore’s Outram Road Gaol and the POWs who endured it.

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This is the little known story of Singapore’s Outram Road Gaol and the POWs who endured it.

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'It made Changi seem like heaven.'There was a place far worse than Changi – Singapore's Outram Road Gaol. Deprivation here was so extreme that there really was a fate worse than death. Stubborn Buggers is the story of twelve Australian POWs who fought and survived the battle for Malaya, then captivity and slave labour, followed by the unimaginable hardships of Outram Road Gaol. It is a story of how they dealt with the brutality of the Japanese military police, the feared Kempeitai. And it is the story of how they found a way to go on living even when facing a future of no hope and slow death.But Stubborn Buggers is about more than suffering and brutality. It is also a story of grit, determination and larrikin humour. It is very much about the triumph of the human spirit.

About the Author

Tim Bowden has an enviable reputation as a journalist, broadcaster and author. A household name through his long-running ABC television series Backchat, Tim has charmed Australian readers with his many books, from the war story genre with Changi Photographer, to history biography and reminiscence with, The Silence Calling, One Crowded Hour, and The Way My Father Tells It. Tim Bowden has an enviable reputation as a journalist, broadcaster and author. A household name through his long-running ABC television series Backchat, Tim has charmed Australian readers with his many books, from the war story genre with Changi Photographer, to history biography and reminiscence with, The Silence Calling, One Crowded Hour, and The Way My Father Tells It.