Watch this Short Video Documentary of The Sandakan Death March
Posted on May 17th, 2012 with 0 Comments
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
Posted on May 15th, 2012 with 0 Comments
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
Posted on January 11th, 2012 with 0 Comments
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
Posted on November 21st, 2011 with 0 Comments
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
Posted on October 24th, 2011 with 1 Comment
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
Posted on October 11th, 2011 with 0 Comments
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
Posted on October 11th, 2011 with 1 Comment
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]
Posted on October 8th, 2011 with 1 Comment
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
Posted on October 7th, 2011 with 0 Comments
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
Posted on October 7th, 2011 with 0 Comments
The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser published a short article of Jesselton being declared as a new port in…
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