A memorial service for the thousands of allied soldiers who died in the Sandakan death marches during World War II will be held in Malaysia at the weekend. Governor-General Quentin Bryce will fly ...

KOTA KINABALU: The annual Sandakan Memorial Day service to commemorate fallen Australian and British prisoners of war (POWs) and the Sandakan-Ranau death marches went virtual for the first time to ...

At the memorial...clockwise from top ... With Allied forces nearing Sandakan, the Japanese ordered prisoners to march 265 kilometres to Ranau. Of 2434 Australian and British prisoners in Sandakan ...

SANDAKAN, Aug 15 (Bernama) -- The Sandakan Memorial Day is an apt opportunity to reflect on the continued and shared desire for peace and reflect that war does nothing but destroy mankind, said Sabah ...

“Holding this date in remembrance has fostered a resonance between Australia, Britain, and Sabah,” he said, at the Sandakan Memorial Day ceremony. “Sabah and specifically Sandakan will ...

Governor-General Quentin Bryce and independent Federal MP Rob Oakeshott will be among those attending a memorial service for victims of the Sandakan death marches today. The Lismore service will ...

which cost the lives of many Australian POWs. Mr White said he was in favour of a memorial to the local men who died at Sandakan.

The Australians who died at Sandakan in Borneo during World War II have been remembered with the unveiling of a plaque at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. More than 2,500 Australian and ...

THE Sandakan memorial has been restored a year after it fell victim to an act of vandalism which shocked the community. Vandals stole all but one letter from the memorial, at Stathdale Park ...