The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
SANDAKAN 1945-10-24. NORTH EAST BORNEO FORCE. IN AN AREA OF NO. 1 COMPOUND OF SANDAKAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP THE BODIES OF THREE HUNDRED PRISONERS OF WAR WERE DISCOVERED. THEY WERE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN 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 10 AND IT IS THOUGHT THAT THESE MASS BURIALS INDICATE THAT AUSTRALIAN AND BRITISH PERSONNEL WERE MURDERED AND BURIED HERE. ONLY A FEW MONTHS SINCE BEING VACATED LITTLE REMAINS OF THE BURNED OUT CAMP.
'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 l
'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 l
'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 l
'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 l
'At scene of mass burials of POWs, Japanese troops are opening graves'. 'One area in No. 1 Compound of Sandakan POW camp was found to contain approximately 300 bodies believed to be of those men left
'Japanese troops digging in graves.' '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 mar
