Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Herbert James \"Ringer\" Edwards (26 July 1913 – June 2000) was an Australian soldier during World War II. As a prisoner of war (POW), he survived being crucified for 63 hours by Japanese soldiers on the Burma Railway. Edwards was the basis for the character \"Joe Harman\" in Nevil Shute's novel A Town Like Alice (1950; also known as The Legacy)."@en }
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- Ringer_Edwards comment "Herbert James \"Ringer\" Edwards (26 July 1913 – June 2000) was an Australian soldier during World War II. As a prisoner of war (POW), he survived being crucified for 63 hours by Japanese soldiers on the Burma Railway. Edwards was the basis for the character \"Joe Harman\" in Nevil Shute's novel A Town Like Alice (1950; also known as The Legacy).".