the year 2005 is special - because it is the 60th Anniversary of the Sandakan-Ranau Death March that took the lives of more than 2,000 soldiers. Only 6 out of 2400 survived!

i think this event is not really emphasized in our history books (if it does, then i missed it :P). anyway, there’s an on-going expedition going through the same route as the soldiers did, you can have a look at the simple flash presentation on this website here.

hats
Australian Army felt hats found at Sandakan POW Camp, 1945.

the re-enactment of the march is taking place as you read this but i think my generation and the younger ones, aren’t too bothered about this. biasa lah, AF sama EPL saja bah.

to read stories on the march and the surrounding events, check out this website -

Sandakan POW Camp.