'Sandakan-Ranau Death Marches Reward Mission. At the latter end of 1946, a military mission in ...

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Accession Number 042554
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Place made Borneo: North Borneo, Sandakan
Date made 18 January 1947
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

'Sandakan-Ranau Death Marches Reward Mission. At the latter end of 1946, a military mission in charge of Major H W S Jackson, representing the Australian Government, and Major R K Dyce, representing the British Government, was sent to British North Borneo to repay and reward the natives who aided and succoured the Australian prisoners of war during the infamous Sandakan-Ranau death marches. In addition to other military personnel, Mr C Simpson went as writer for the ABC and BBC, and Mr W MacFarlane as recording technician. The Mission retraced stretches of the actual Death March track, and in all travelled 185 miles on foot. View across the sites of No. 1 and No. 2 Prisoner of War compounds towards No. 3 Prsioner of War Compound at the 8 Mile Prisoner of War camp.' (Original caption)