The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
SYDNEY, NSW. 1947-05. PORTRAIT OF GUNNER OWEN CAMPBELL OF TOOWONG, BRISBANE, QLD. GUNNER CAMPBELL SERVED WITH THE 2/10TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD REGIMENT AND WAS TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR IN MALAYA SUBSEQUENTLY BEING IMPRISONED AT SANDAKAN, NORTH BORNEO. HE WAS ONE OF ONLY SIX SURVIVORS OF 1100 PRISONERS FORCED TO UNDERTAKE THE INFAMOUS DEATH MARCHES FROM SANDAKAN TO RANAU WHICH BEGAN ON 1945-01-28. THE TOTAL DISTANCE WAS 155 MILES BUT GUNNER CAMPBELL AND FOUR OTHER PRISONERS ESCAPED JUST BEYOND MAUNAD CROSSING. THE OTHER FOUR ESCAPEES EITHER DIED OF ILLNESS OR WERE KILLED BY THE JAPANESE.
Portrait of NX58617 Private (Pte) Nelson A. E. Short, 2/18 Battalion, of Woollahra, NSW. He was taken prisoner of war in Malaya and subsequently imprisoned in Sandakan, North Borneo. He was one of onl
Portrait of NX42191 Private (Pte) Keith Botterill of Katoomba, NSW. Pte Botterill served with the 2/19 Battalion and was taken prisoner of war in Malaya, subsequently imprisoned at Sandakan, North Bor
Portrait of QX9538 Warrant Officer Class 1 William Hector Sticpewich, MBE, of Newcastle, NSW. WO1 Sticpewich served with the 8th Division Army Service Corps and was taken prisoner of war (POW) in Mala
Portrait of NX19750 Lance Bombardier William D. Moxham of 2/15 Field Regiment and Toongabbie, NSW. Lance Bombardier Moxham was taken prisoner of war in Malaya, subsequently being imprisoned at Sandaka
'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 t
'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 t
