BORNEO 1945. QX4648 MAJOR REX BLOW, DSO AND WINNER OF THE AMERICAN SILVER STAR. WHILST A PRISONER ...

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Accession Number 072918
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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BORNEO 1945. QX4648 MAJOR REX BLOW, DSO AND WINNER OF THE AMERICAN SILVER STAR. WHILST A PRISONER OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE HE ESCAPED FROM BERHALA ISLAND IN SANDAKAN HARBOUR IN 1943 TO THE PHILIPPINES WHERE HE JOINED FORCES WITH THE 105TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, UNITED STATES ARMY, AND SAW SERVICE WITH THE "10TH MILITARY DISTRICT" (THE NAME GIVEN TO THE MINDANAO GUERILLA COMMAND), IN ACTION AGAINST THE JAPANESE IN LANAO PROVINCE.