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An Australian flag being hoisted on board HMAS Deloraine berthed at the damaged Sandakan wharf.
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Maker: Unknown
An Australian flag being hoisted on board HMAS Deloraine berthed at the damaged Sandakan wharf.130152
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Australia Service Medal : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL39516.006
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Australia Service Medal : Private N A E Short, 2/18 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL32659.005
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Australia Service Medal : Private S R Core, 2/18 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal, impressed around rim with recipient's details.REL45255.004
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Australia Service Medal : Sapper F A Carley, 2/12 Field Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL33587.004
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Autographed good luck flag carried by a Japanese soldier at Sandakan, Borneo, in 1945
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Japanese soldier's autographed national flag with black ink characters. The name of the recipient soldier is not given on the flag. The characters translate as the traditional 'long-lasting good fortu...REL/03519
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Autographed good luck flag carried by 2nd Lieutenant Okamoto Kazuo : Sandakan, North Borneo
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Japanese officer's autographed national flag bearing numerous signatures in black ink. Apart from the traditional wish for long-lasting good fortune in war and the name of the recipient of the flag, 2...REL/11479
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Bennison, Richard John (Acting Sergeant, b.1899 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Unknown
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX38803 Acting Sergeant Richard John Bennison, 1 Company Australian Army Service Corps, Borneo, 1945. Collection consists of one commemorative ...PR03802
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL39516.005
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Private N A E Short, 2/18 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL32659.004
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British War Medal : Private S R Core, 2/18 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal, impressed around rim with recipient's details.REL45255.003
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Sapper F A Carley, 2/12 Field Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL33587.003
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Cigarette case : Sandakan Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Damaged metal cigarette case with a hinge on the left side. The top of the case has a number of small regimental badges attached with spaces marking where others were once attached. Those remaining in...REL/02029.003
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Collection relating to the service of NX34734 Reginald William James Newton
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Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of VX38675 Captain Harold Wardale-Greenwood BA BD, padre (chaplain) of 2/19th Battalion. He died as a prisoner of war at Sandakan, British North Borneo 1944-08-08, having chosen not to...P00102.014
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COLONEL HARRY JACKSON WITH BARIGAH, THE MAN WHOM HE REWARDED IN 1946 FOR RESCUING IN JULY 1945 ...
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Maker: Unknown
COLONEL HARRY JACKSON WITH BARIGAH, THE MAN WHOM HE REWARDED IN 1946 FOR RESCUING IN JULY 1945 NELSON SHORT, KEITH BOTTERILL AND MOXHAM, SURVIVORS OF THE PRISONER OF WAR SANDAKAN TO RANAU DEATH MARCH.P00495.005
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Colour Patch : 2/19 Australian Infantry Battalion, Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
2/19 Australian Infantry Battalion colour patch featuring a diamond divided horizontally with brown over green on a grey oval background.RELAWM28403.027
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Colour patch sweetheart brooch : Miss D J Harvey
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Sweetheart brooch featuring an enamelled unit colour patch for the Australian Base and Lines of Communication Units, Australian Army Ordnance Corps. This includes the 2/10 Ordnance Workshop. The colou...REL39881
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1. Copelin, Thomas Francis (Frank) (Gunner, b.1914) 2. Copelin Harold Victor (Gunner, d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Unknown
Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX9699 Gunner Thomas Francis (Frank) Copelin, 2/10 Australian Field Regiment, 1940-1946, and QX9698 Gunner Harold Victor Copelin, 2/10 Australian...PR91/036
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Enamelled mug : Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Army issue green enamelled mug, with a black enamelled handle and rim. There is black enamelled, stencilled lettering on one side '2/18 BN OFFS' MESS'.RELAWM28349
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Folding fan : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden folding hand fan with 21 leaves. Each leaf is identically decorated with a series of pierced patterns, which differ from the endguard pattern. A small piece is broken from the top corner of one...REL39520
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George Cross: Captain Lionel Colin Matthews, 8 Division Signals
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
George Cross. Engraved reverse with recipient's details.OL00660.001
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Glen Innes and District badge: Sandakan POW camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Enamelled badge in red, white and blue with 'FROM GLEN INNES AND DISTRICT' and the town's coat of arms. The badge is damaged, with the pin missing and some of the enamel chipped away.REL/17257.058
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Group portrait 2/3rd Motor Ambulance Convoy
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Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of members of the 2/3 Motor Ambulance Convoy (MAC) at their camp at Liverpool. Identified, left to right: back row: NX69187 Driver (Dvr) Albert Farnham Jones of Woollahra, NSW (later t...P05770.001
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Hand carved wooden owl : Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hand carved wooded owl, with folded wings and open eyes, perched on a rectangular base. The pattern of feathers is finely carved and detailed.RELAWM28346
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Improvised dixie: Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised dixie made from standard issue brown enamelled steel Australian army water bottle. One side has been partially cut out so that the bottle forms a dixie with a base and four sides, with the ...RELAWM28351.001
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Improvised spoon: Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised lightweight stainless steel spoon, possibly made from an electric fan blade. The bowl of the spoon has been cut out and then beaten to form the bowl shape. It has been attached to a cut out...RELAWM28351.002
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Informal portrait of NX52439 Private (Pte) Claude Anthony Gilligan, 2/20 Battalion, of Coonamble, ...
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Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of NX52439 Private (Pte) Claude Anthony Gilligan, 2/20 Battalion, of Coonamble, NSW. He was a butcher prior to enlisting in June 1940. Pte Gilligan arrived with his unit in Singapor...P09076.001
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KUNDASAN WAR MEMORIAL, BORNEO. LEFT TO RIGHT: KEITH BOTTERILL, OWEN CAMPBELL, NELSON SHORT, HARRY ...
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Maker: Unknown
KUNDASAN WAR MEMORIAL, BORNEO. LEFT TO RIGHT: KEITH BOTTERILL, OWEN CAMPBELL, NELSON SHORT, HARRY JACKSON - THE FIRST THREE WERE SANDAKAN DEATH MARCH SURVIVORS.P00495.001
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Large rosary crucifix: Sandakan Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
One large metal crucifix with a short length of rusted metal chain with beads. It has the figure of Jesus upon it and would originally have been attached to a set of rosary beads.REL/02028.006
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Pacific Star : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL39516.004
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Pacific Star : Private N A E Short, 2/18 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL32659.002
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Pacific Star : Private S R Core, 2/18 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star, impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL45255.002
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Pacific Star : Sapper F A Carley, 2/12 Field Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL33587.002
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Pocket watch : Sandakan Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Fire damaged man's pocket watch with white enameled face. The watch is missing its glass cover and is marked on the reverse 'Swiss Made'. The other maker's details are illegible.REL/02028.007
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Portrait of Betty Cecily Tang, resident of the Sandakan area. During the visit of HMAS Deloraine ...
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Maker: Unknown
Portrait of Betty Cecily Tang, resident of the Sandakan area. During the visit of HMAS Deloraine to Sandakan at the end of the war, crew members supplied villagers with food from the ship. PM5689 Lieu...P11204.002
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Portrait of Private R J Mitchell, 8 Australian Divisional Ammunition Sub Park, AASC
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Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of SX9673 Private (Pte) Ronald James Mitchell, 8th Division Ammunition Sub-Park, Australian Army Service Corps. Pte Mitchell was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in ...P05848.001
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PORTRAIT OF SX10450 PRIVATE ROSS FERGUSON BUSHELL OF THE 8TH DIVISION SALVAGE COMPANY. BUSHELL ...
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Maker: Unknown
PORTRAIT OF SX10450 PRIVATE ROSS FERGUSON BUSHELL OF THE 8TH DIVISION SALVAGE COMPANY. BUSHELL DIED OF ILLNESS ON 1945-06-07, WHILE A POW OF THE JAPANESE, AT SANDAKAN, BORNEO.P00824.003
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Portrait of VX27573 Private (Pte) Thomas John O'Rourke of No. 1 Company, Australian Army Service ...
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Maker: Unknown
Portrait of VX27573 Private (Pte) Thomas John O'Rourke of No. 1 Company, Australian Army Service Corps (AASC). Pte O'Rourke was a Japanese prisoner of war in the prison camp at Sandakan in Borneo. In ...P02813.001
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Portrait of VX54364 Signalman Douglas H. Stirling (who served under the name of Donald Matson), 8 ...
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Maker: Unknown
Portrait of VX54364 Signalman Douglas H. Stirling (who served under the name of Donald Matson), 8 Division Signals, Australian Corps of Signals. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) h...P02197.001
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Presentation wallet , City of Hawthorn : Lieutenant L C Matthews, 8 Division Signals
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangluar fine black leather folding wallet with gilded brass slide clasp. The front is gold embossed centrally with the coat of arms of the City of Hawthorn and the following:'VX24597 Lieut. L.C. M...REL43190
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Pre-war studio portrait of Robert Bingley Scholefield. Serving as VX34618 Sergeant (Sgt) Robert ...
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Maker: Unknown
Pre-war studio portrait of Robert Bingley Scholefield. Serving as VX34618 Sergeant (Sgt) Robert Scholefield, No. 1 Company, Australian Army Service Corps, he was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of w...P06288.001
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Rosary beads : Sandakan Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Incomplete set of rosary beads made from hardened white-grey seeds joined by a fine metal chain. The crucifix and a small part of the chain has been broken off.REL/02028.005
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Rusted water bottle: Sandakan POW Camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian 1903 pattern water bottle. Made from blue enamelled iron. The bottle has been severly rusted and corroded.REL/17257.034
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Silk pincushion : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pincushion covered with silk fabric. The orange centre has the miniature figures of eight children attached around the circumference.REL39521.003
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Silk pincushion : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pincushion covered with silk fabric. The white centre has the miniature figures of eight children attached around the circumference.REL39521.002
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Silk pincushion : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pincushion covered with silk fabric. The burgundy red centre has miniature figures of eight children attached around circumference.REL39521.001
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Small Rosary crucifix: Sandakan Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
One small metal crucifix with a short length of rusted metal chain with beads. It would originally have been attached to a set of rosary beads.REL/02028.009
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Smoker's pipe : Sandakan Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Smoker's pipe made from bamboo. The bowl has two rough decorative lines around the top rim and is lined with clay. The stem has been bound with an aluminium band and the mouthpiece is made from a type...REL/02029.002
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1939-45 Star : Corporal J C Clarke, 8 Division Command Pay Office
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL39516.003
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1939-1945 Star : Private N A E Short, 2/18 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-1945 Star. Impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL32659.001
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1939-45 Star : Private S R Core, 2/18 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star, impressed on reverse with recipient's details.REL45255.001
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1939 - 45 Star : Sapper F A Carley, 2/12 Field Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details.REL33587.001
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Studio portrait of 23670 Able Seaman George Bradshaw Morriss RAN from Frankston, Vic, serving ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of 23670 Able Seaman George Bradshaw Morriss RAN from Frankston, Vic, serving aboard HMAS Perth. Morriss was taken as a prisoner of war (POW) by the Japanese following the sinking of t...P02149.001
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Studio portrait of NX54971 Corporal (Cpl) Barrie Crawford Whitehead, 2/18 Battalion. Cpl ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of NX54971 Corporal (Cpl) Barrie Crawford Whitehead, 2/18 Battalion. Cpl Whitehead, from Lismore NSW, was captured at the fall of Singapore in 1942 He died of illness on 13 July 194...P11702.001
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Studio portrait of NX51899 Corporal Edward Victor Emmett, 2/10 Field Ambulance. Corporal Emmett ...
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Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of NX51899 Corporal Edward Victor Emmett, 2/10 Field Ambulance. Corporal Emmett was shot and killed on 1945-06-18 by Japanese soldiers eleven days after escaping from the Sandakan to R...P02265.001
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Studio portrait of NX51847 Private (Pte) John Henry (Jack) Solomon, 2/20 Battalion, of Glebe, ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of NX51847 Private (Pte) John Henry (Jack) Solomon, 2/20 Battalion, of Glebe, NSW. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) of the Japanese held in the Sandakan POW camp i...P09043.001
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Studio portrait of SX9707 Corporal (Cpl) Maxwell Hainsworth Rouse, 8th Division Salvage Unit, ...
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Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of SX9707 Corporal (Cpl) Maxwell Hainsworth Rouse, 8th Division Salvage Unit, Australian Army Salvage Service, of Port Pirie, SA. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) ...P08054.001
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Studio portrait of SX11479 Raymond Horace Coker (1900-1945). Coker enlisted in the 1st AIF on 17 ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of SX11479 Raymond Horace Coker (1900-1945). Coker enlisted in the 1st AIF on 17 February 1917 at the age of sixteen, saying he was eighteen and one quarter years. In World War 1 he se...P02143.002
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Studio portrait of WX7266 Private (Pte) George Henry Edwards, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion. Pte ...
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Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of WX7266 Private (Pte) George Henry Edwards, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion. Pte Edwards, originally from Newcastle on Tyne, England, enlisted at Claremont WA on 1 July 1940. He was one...P10327.001
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Studio portrait of WX7227 Sapper (Spr) John McFarlane, 2/6 Field Park Company, Royal Australian ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of WX7227 Sapper (Spr) John McFarlane, 2/6 Field Park Company, Royal Australian Engineers. A native of Scotland, McFarlane enlisted on 1 August 1940 in Claremont, WA. He was one of ove...P06351.001
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(surname unknown), Herb
Private Record
Maker: Unknown
Copy of letter written 19 October 1945 by a soldier, 'Herb', serving with Royal Australian Navy, describing experiences of arranging for surrender and evacuation of Japanese forces at Sandakan, in Sou...PR03063
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SURVIVORS OF THE BORNEO DEATH MARCH ARRIVING AT SANDAKAN AIRPORT. LEFT TO RIGHT: OWEN CAMPBELL, ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
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 D...P00495.004
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The Royal Australian Navy used this harbour in British North Borneo as a destroyer base from June ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
The Royal Australian Navy used this harbour in British North Borneo as a destroyer base from June 1915 to December 1916. Australian ships patrolled in search of vessels involved in enemy intrigues ag...EN0416