LEADER 02478nam 2200373 450 001 9910794203703321 005 20230629235814.0 010 $a1-76106-103-8 035 $a(CKB)4100000011726008 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6458443 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011726008 100 $a20210320d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBastard behind the lines $ethe extraordinary story of Jock McLaren's escape from Sandakan and his guerrilla war against the Japanese /$fTom Gilling 210 1$aSydney, New South Wales :$cAllen & Unwin,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 247 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) $cillustrations, maps 311 $a1-76087-587-2 330 $a'The way I look at it is this...When you're behind the line and get yourself into trouble, you've got to get your bloody self out irrespective of anybody else. That's why I like it.' Jock McLaren was a true Australian hero. He escaped Singapore twice, participated in numerous raids on the Japanese in small, armed coastal vessels and was so successful in his land and sea guerrilla actions to disrupt enemy operations that the Japanese eventually placed a bounty on his head. In command of a 26-foot whaleboat called The Bastard, McLaren sailed into Japanese controlled ports in broad daylight, shot up the supply vessels and piers with machine guns and mortar, then turned tail and ran. He also made many solo forays into Japanese held areas to gather intelligence for the US and Australian high commands. Eventually he was transferred to the sabotage Z Special Unit, the joint Allied Special Forces unit formed to operate behind enemy lines. But his extraordinary feats and death-defying courage went beyond his secret missions. One of the many tales told of McLaren was the removal of his own appendix without anaesthetic and with the use of a mirror and an 'ordinary knife'. Action-packed and surprising, A Bastard Between the Lines gives rich life to one of Australia's great World War II diggers. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zPacific Ocean 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 676 $a940.5426 700 $aGilling$b Tom$01471526 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794203703321 996 $aBastard behind the lines$93728799 997 $aUNINA