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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Boom condition is fine. Soft cover. No dust jacket. Book boards are clean & unmarked front & back of the book. Spine intact. Text body is clean & unmarked throughout the book. Book boards are clean 7 unmarked all side of the book. Over-all an excellent and neat copy of the book. extra charges for over-sea shipping as the weight exceed 500grams.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Covers & Spine: front and back showing only minor scuffing & signs of handling otherwise undamaged, front cover just slightly curled, light wear along edges and at corners, spine is intact and solid. Binding: firm throughout. Pages & Markings: unstained, no markings, clean throughout. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. MLight stain on right foredge and back page. The Koolama Incident is the dramatic true story of survival in the north Kimberley Region after MV Koolama is attacked and bombed by three Japanese float planes in February 1942.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. THE KOOLAMA INCIDENT IS THE DRAMATIC TRUE STORY OF SURVIVAL IN THE NORTH KIMBERLEY REGION OF W.A. AFTER MV KOOLAMA IS ATTACKED AND BOMBED BY THREE JAPANESE FLOAT PLANES IN THE TIMOR SEA IN FEBRUARY, 1942.

stiff wraps. Octavo, stiff illustrated wraps, b&w plates, maps, index, pp 215, crease to rear wrap. Very good condition. The dramatic true story of survival in the north Kimberley after MV Koolama was attacked by Japanese float planes in the Timor Sea.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good +. AUSTRALIAN MILITARY - 165 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, port. ; 30 cm. First Edition. Signed by Author (Inscription.) #0418 / 0920 / 160523 /190624/160826On 20 February 1942 the Koolama was attacked by Japanese bombers off Cape Ruilhieres, approximately 150 kilometres west of Wyndham while carrying 91 passengers, 89 crew and a cargo of war supplies destined for the Australian Army at Wyndham. It was the first aerial attack by the Japanese in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The Japanese flew a total of 22 air attacks in the Kimberley region from bases in Timor between 20 February 1942 and July 1944, including five raids on Broome that destroyed 23 aircraft and resulted in the loss of some 100 lives.The Koolama was damaged in the attack and though partially disabled, was able to be beached nearby in what is now known as Koolama Bay. Fortunately no lives were lost though some passengers and crew were wounded in the attack. The Koolama was bombed again the next day, but was able to send radio SOS signals. However the bombing of Darwin by the Japanese on 19 February delayed an official rescue response to this remote area.Meanwhile the 180 passengers and crew were landed among the mangroves at Pangali Cove, where the local Kwini people found them and sent messages via runners between Pago Mission and the survivorsâ camp, separated by 80 kilometres of rough country . The Pago Mission lugger arrived on 24 February and took away the sick, wounded, women and an infant with his parents a few days after the bombing. A seaplane arrived on 3 March and was able to evacuate a further 25 survivors. The remaining 93 survivors walked to Pago Mission guided by Kwini people. During this stage two Kwini men risked their lives to cross the flooding Drysdale River, run to Pago Mission and return with a rope to help the survivors across (Balanggarra Native Title Working Group).With the large number of extra people stretching resources at Pago Mission the decision was made to walk everyone another 30 kilometres to the airstrip at Kalumburu Mission for evacuation, during which time one crew member died of heatstroke. Most of the passengers and crew arrived at Fremantle on 8 April, 47 days after the initial attack. Father Seraphim Sanz of Kalumburu Mission won laurels for his part in rescuing the stranded passengers and crew of the Koolama and bringing them to the mission in the Missionâs lugger Moa.Meanwhile a skeleton crew stayed aboard the Koolama and after patching the hull and pumping out water on 1 March the Koolama was refloated and able to limp to Wyndham, where it arrived without steering and taking on water. Another Japanese attack on 3 March forced all hands to abandon ship and the Koolama was bombed and sunk at Wyndham wharf.This was a double blow as not only had a vital link between the northern and southern part of Western Australia been lost, but a strategically important waterway and port had been partially blocked causing disruption to shipping and supply of war materials.Difficult environmental conditions including strong tidal currents meant that the Koolama was never fully salvaged. A major salvage effort using over a hundred men (including helmet divers from Australia and India), plant and gear in 1946 succeeded in cutting holes in the shipâs hull and pumping in compressed air, with the aim of raising the hull keel up and towing it several kilometres away from the wharf or out to sea to be scuttled. However this attempt only succeeded in moving the wreck 47 feet further out from the wharf and depositing it across the natural tidal flow of the Cambridge Gulf. The Koolama remains in this position today with the hull and part of its war cargo (mainly foodstuffs) intact. A multi-beam survey by the Department of Transport conducted in 2010 shows the wreck lying on its starboard side with the port side almost totally exposed and intact for the entire length of the hull, and the starboard side buried. The hull comes to within 3.7 m of the surface at lowest astronomical tide (LAT). An unexploded Japanese bomb is believed to still lie within the wreck.Koolama (Ship)ÂÂ|ÂÂSurvival.ÂÂ|ÂÂCastaways -- Western Australia -- Kimberley.ÂÂ|ÂÂWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Search and rescue operations -- Western Australia -- Kimberley. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.…

Pictorial Card Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. Maps, B&W Photographs. Previous owner's label inside front cover.

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers As New octavo 215pp., b/w plates, maps, references, index, True story of survival in the Kimberley after the sinking of the MV Koolama in the Timor Sea by Japanese Float Planes.

Tall 4to. pp.165 with black & white and colour photographs, maps etc. previous owners name on the title page else a very good copy in quality pictorial softcover. Very Good. History of the wreck of the Koolama', which was bombed by Japanese planes in 1942. Tells of the hardships endured by the passengers and crew following the beaching of the ship on the northern shores of WA, their long desert walk to the Drysdale River Mission and the subsequent dramatic rescue by land, sea and air.…