World War II

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Three Came Home Movie: Agnes Keith’s Story in British North Borneo’s Sandakan During WWII

Posted on June 1st, 2012 with 0 Comments

Three Came Home is based on a a true story of Agnes Newton Keith’s imprisonment in several Japanese prisoner-of-war camps…

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

Posted on January 11th, 2012 with 3 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 3 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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2500 Australian and British Prisoners of War (P.O.W.) Died During The Sandakan Death March in 1945

Posted on October 11th, 2011 with 2 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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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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