P00495.004 Accession Number: P00495.004

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SURVIVORS OF THE BORNEO DEATH MARCH ARRIVING AT SANDAKAN AIRPORT. LEFT TO RIGHT: OWEN CAMPBELL, HARRY JACKSON, KEITH BOTTERILL AND NELSON SHORT. HARRY JACKSON WAS NOT A POW OR INVOLVED IN THE ACTUAL DEATH MARCH BUT RETRACED THE ROUTE IN 1946 AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES TO REWARD NATIVES WHO HAD HELPED THE AUSTRALIANS ON THE MARCH.

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Accession Number
P00495.004
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Transparency
Physical Description
Format: 35mm
Brand: Kodak
Support: Acetate
Date Made
1985
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor H Jackson
Copyright
Copyright unknown - orphaned work

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