Hi All If you are living in Perth or surrounds you are encouraged to attend the Borneo POW Exhibition 1942 - 1945 to be held at the Alexander State Library for two weeks commencing August 3rd 2003. The Borneo POW Relatives Group are presenting the exhibition with the kind help and assistance from the Library & Information Service of WA. The exhibition will be officially opened at 11.00 am on Sunday August 3rd and will close on Sunday August 17th. The exhibition will illustrate the appalling conditions under which Australian and British Soldiers suffered at the hands of the Japanese at Sandakan and on the death marches to Ranau. From a Western Australian perspective many were sappers of the 2/6th Field Park Company R.A.E and many others from the 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion. We owe a debt to these brave soldiers who were left at the mercy of an ruthless Imperial Japanese Army. Many of our soldiers were married men with children and they were subjected to such atrocious conditions that gave them no opportunity to survive. Please take time off from your busy life to pause and reflect on the sacrifice made by these very brave soldiers. They were systematically exterminated under the banner and excuse of war conditions! Let the memory of their sacrifice live on. Please forward on this email to anyone else you know that has a relative or an interest associated with the Sandakan POW's. Regards Allan Cresswell Research/Liaison Officer Borneo POW Relatives Group