The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Borneo. He was one of only six survivors from the 1100 prisoners forced to undertake the infamous death marches from Sandakan to Ranau. Pte Botterill escaped from Ranau with NX19750 Lance Bombardier William D. Moxham of Toongabbie, NSW; NX58617 Pte Nelson A. E. Short of Woollahra, NSW and QX6866 Pte F. D. Anderson of Kelvin Crove, Qld, who died on 29 July 1945 in the jungle.
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 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
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 SAND
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
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
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
