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LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO. THREE OF SIX AUSTRALIANS BELIEVED TO BE THE SOLE REMAINING SURVIVORS OF 2,700 PRISONERS OF WAR, 1,900 OF WHOM ARE AUSTRALIANS, WHO TOOK PART IN THE INFAMOUS DEATH MARCH FROM SANDAKAN TO RANAU, IN NORTH BORNEO, LEFT TO RIGHT: PRIVATE NELSON SHORT, WOOLLAHRA, NSW, 2/18TH BATTALION; WARRANT OFFICER WILLIAM H. STICPEWICH, NEWCASTLE, NSW, 8TH DIVISION, ARMY SERVICE CORPS; PRIVATE KEITH BOTTERILL, KATOOMBA, NSW, 22ND BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS. WITH BOMBARDIER W. MOXHAM, PARRAMATTA, NSW, 15TH ARTILLERY, THEY WERE FLOWN FROM RANAU TO LABUAN BY AUSTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 16 AIR OBSERVATION POST FLIGHT RAAF.
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 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
SUCCOURED BY FRIENDLY NATIVES WHEN THEY ESCAPED FROM THE JAPANESE PRISON CAMP AT RANAU, AFTER SURVIVING THE SANDAKAN DEATH MARCH, THREE AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR (POWS) WERE FLOWN OUT TO THE LABUAN
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
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
COLONEL HARRY JACKSON WITH BARIGAH, THE MAN WHOM HE REWARDED IN 1946 FOR RESCUING IN JULY 1945 NELSON SHORT, KEITH BOTTERILL AND MOXHAM, SURVIVORS OF THE PRISONER OF WAR SANDAKAN TO RANAU DEATH MARCH.
