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The Fight For Malaya Author: R.W. Holder Binding: Hardcover, 196 pages (2007) ISBN: 9814217204 Price: RM49.90
Synopsis In 1926, a British man saw an enticing job vacancy for a position in a rubber plantation in Malacca. With little desire to end up as a schoolteacher like his other siblings, he packed his bags to take up the offer without knowing the tumultuous days that laid ahead of him. As the Second World War engulfed Malaya in 1941, the entire colonial society fled the country, or were either captured or mercilessly killed by foreign invaders.
This man would soon be known as one of the precious few British civilians who fought and miraculously survived as Japanese troops crept through Malaya, conquering the peninsula in record time. His name is Maurice Cotterill and this is his story of survival. His liberties robbed, Cotterill—who survived on the loyalty and hospitality of the fascinating characters he had befriended, and with little arms and ammunition—starved and endured the appalling living conditions whilst trapped in the Japanese-occupied jungles of Malaya. But this is not just Cotterill’s chronicle of struggle; it is also an account of Malaya’s past during a period of chaos and deprivation.
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