Mike, your teacher was mistaken. Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Boyd" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 10:06 AM Subject: Re: Last Survivor of Sandakan/Ranau Death Marches Dies > Sharon > I had a high school teacher in the early 1960's who said the 9th Div missed > this march by a weeks because of an strike in Sydney getting supplies to PNG > in time. > > Mike Boyd > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sharon McBride" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 8:24 PM > Subject: Last Survivor of Sandakan/Ranau Death Marches Dies > > > > Sadly the last survivor of the WW2 Sandakan/Ranau Death Marches, Owen > > Cambell has passed away in Adelaide, aged 87 years. Of the 2,434 prisoners > > of the Japanese at Sandakan POW camp in Borneo, only six escapees on the > > death marches survived to tell the story of horror that was Sandakan. > > > > Campell was understandably bitter that a rescue attempt of the Sandakan > > prisoners was not made even though news of their plight had filtered > > through to our military & government leaders. Also the steps that were > > taken to suppress the truth of the events which he believed to be because > > of our country's interest in establishing trade with Japan after the war. > > It must have been extremely hard for him & the other handful of survivors > > to try to go on with their lives after such an experience, but at least > > they were able to help give closure to the families of those who did not > > return by eventually being able to have their story told. > > > > Sharon McBride > > Perth, Western Australia > > > > mailto:[email protected] > > Research Interests > > http://members.iinet.net.au/~mcbride/ > > > > > > ==== AUS-MILITARY Mailing List ==== > > First AIF Order of Battle 1914-1918 > > http://www.adfa.edu.au/~rmallett/index.html > > > > >