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Watch this Short Video Documentary of The Sandakan Death March

Late last year, I posted an article about the Sandakan Death March of which six Australian POWs managed to escape….

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Jesselton’s District Officer Francis George Atkinson’s Death Announcement in 1902

The Atkinson Clock Tower nearby Bandaran Berjaya in Kota Kinabalu, was built by Mary Edith Atkinson in 1905 in memory…

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Australian War Memorial’s Photos of Heavily Bombed Jesselton During World War II

If you stand right in the heart of Kota Kinabalu or Jesselton today you won’t be able to imagine the…

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Chinese and Suluks Revolt against Japanese in North Borneo During World War II

On 19 October 1943, local Chinese and native Suluks rise up against the Japanese occupation of North Borneo. The revolt,…

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Batu Sapi Rock Formation at Sandakan, North Borneo in 1920s

Batu Sapi in Sandakan got its name from a huge rock formation that resembles a bull. This unique formation was…

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2500 Australian and British Prisoners of War (P.O.W.) Died During The Sandakan Death March in 1945

Sandakan, the prison compound in British North Borneo held 2,434 Australian and British POWs, captured when Singapore fell. They were…

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British Officer from Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment Briefing Platoon in Sebatik Island of Tawau, North Borneo

The confrontation or Konfrontasi that occurred in 1962-1966 was an undeclared war with most of the action in the border…

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Bombing of Japanese-Controlled Oil Refineries in Labuan (Victoria) in 1945 [Video]

Labuan (Victoria) was occupied by Japan from December 1941 to June 1945 and governed as part of the Northern Borneo…

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World War 2 Japanese Barracks at Semporna, Darvel Bay, East Coast of North Borneo

Here’s a very rare photo taken in Semporna during World War II. Semporna was a small fishing village on the…

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Jesselton Declared As New Port in North Borneo in Year 1900

The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser published a short article of Jesselton being declared as a new port in…

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