Places | |
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Accession Number | P00495.004 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Transparency |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Borneo: North Borneo, Sandakan |
Date made | 1985 |
Conflict |
Period 1980-1989 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright unknown - orphaned work |
SURVIVORS OF THE BORNEO DEATH MARCH ARRIVING AT SANDAKAN AIRPORT. LEFT TO RIGHT: OWEN CAMPBELL, ...
Description
SURVIVORS OF THE BORNEO DEATH MARCH ARRIVING AT SANDAKAN AIRPORT. LEFT TO RIGHT: OWEN CAMPBELL, HARRY JACKSON, KEITH BOTTERILL AND NELSON SHORT. HARRY JACKSON WAS NOT A POW OR INVOLVED IN THE ACTUAL DEATH MARCH BUT RETRACED THE ROUTE IN 1946 AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES TO REWARD NATIVES WHO HAD HELPED THE AUSTRALIANS ON THE MARCH.