The Blowpipe Brigade: The Incredible Story of Captain Quayle, the Kiwi Who Defied the Japanese in Malaya In the dense, steamy jungles of Malaya, where the canopy blotted out the sun and the only sounds were the cries of gibbons and the distant drone of Japanese aircraft, a New Zealander waged a one-man war against an empire. Cut off from his own forces, surrounded by the enemy, and fighting every tropical disease imaginable, Captain F. T. Quayle did what seemed impossible: he survived, he fought back, and he never surrendered. This is the story of the Kiwi who recruited a blowpipe brigade, stole a battery from a Japanese officer's car, and became one of the most effective guerrilla leaders of the Malayan campaign. The Man Who Was Left Behind Before the war, Captain Quayle was a tin miner in Siam (modern-day Thailand).  When war broke out, he joined the fight. In early 1942, he was sent into the Pahang jungle with four others on a mission to disrupt Japanese communications be...