sebatik_island_konfrontasi

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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semporna_barracks

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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The Manager of Kinarut Rubber Estate Mr. W. F. C. Asimont

Posted on October 5th, 2011 with 4 Comments

The first blog post of North Borneo Historical Society focuses on a peculiar man named W. F. C. Asimont. Asimont…

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