120459 Accession Number: 120459

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'Views of burned out POW camp sites huts, etc in the POW camp at Sandakan.' 'One area in No. 1 Compound of Sandakan POW camp was found to contain approximately 300 bodies believed to be of those men left in the camp after the two death marches to Ranau. All the graves contained a number of bodies, in some cases as many as eight or ten, and it is thought that these mass burials indicate that personnel were murdered and buried here.' (Original official Military History Section captions, October 1945)

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Accession Number
120459
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
24 October 1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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