x 78 pages, index, bibliography, illustrated with black and white photos and cartoons. Inscribed by author. We Only Had Hoes is the story of my father, Roderick William Samuel McKenzie and his experiences during five years of World War II...This work has been produces in recognition of the conditions he endured and syurvived during World War Two and of the 2,802 Australians who died on the Railway. It is written not to recriminate, but with a wish to record and remember what humans can do to each other.." (back cover