Red Lead : the naval cat with nine lives / Roland Perry.
Publication details: Sydney, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2020.Description: xi, 332 pages, 8 unnumberd pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781760297145
- Australia. Royal Australian Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
- Australia. Royal Australian Navy -- Mascots
- Perth (Cruiser) -- History
- HMAS Perth (Cruiser)
- Australia. Royal Australian Navy -- Mascots
- Australia. Royal Australian Navy -- History
- Australia. Royal Australian Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
- Australia. Royal Australian Navy -- History
- Australia. Royal Australian Navy -- History
- Perth (Cruiser)
- Australia. Royal Australian Navy
- Perth (Cruiser)
- 1939-1945
- Biographies
- Cats -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Personal narratives, Australian
- Java Sea, Battle of the, Indonesia, 1942
- Animals -- War use
- Battleships -- Austria -- History
- Red Lead (Cat)
- Human-animal relationships
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Australian
- Cruisers (Warships) -- Australia -- History
- Armed Forces -- Mascots
- Cruisers (Warships)
- Human-animal relationships
- Australia -- History -- 20th century
- Australia -- Armed Forces -- Mascots
- Australia
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| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 940.545 PER | Available | 061996 |
"The legendary Australian ship's cat who survived the sinking of HMAS Perth, Changi and the Thai - Burma Railway"--Front cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
Just after midnight on 1 March 1942, Australia's most renowned cruiser, HMAS Perth, was sunk by Japanese naval forces in the Sunda Strait off the coast of Java. Of the 681 men aboard, 328 survived the sinking and made it to shore-and one cat. Her name was Red Lead, and she was the ship's cat, beloved by the crew and by the Perth's legendary captain Hector Waller. But surviving shellfire, torpedoes and the fierce currents of the Sunda Strait was only the beginning of the terrible trials Red Lead and the surviving crew were to face over the next three-and-a-half years. From Java to Changi and then on the Thai-Burma Railway, Red Lead was to act as a companion, mascot and occasional courageous protector for a small group of sailors who made it their mission to keep her alive in some of the most hellish prison camps on earth.
