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Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during World War II
The Sandakan camp, also known as Sandakan POW Camp (Malay: Kem Tawanan Perang Sandakan), was a prisoner-of-war camp established during World War II by
Sandakan_camp
Forced marches in Borneo during WWII
World War II at the Sandakan camp, North Borneo. By the end of the war, of all the prisoners who had been incarcerated at Sandakan and Ranau, only six
Sandakan_death_marches
Malaysian town
Sandakan (Malaysian: [ˈsandaˈkan]) formerly known at various times as Elopura, is the capital of the Sandakan District in Sabah, Malaysia. It is the second
Sandakan
Monument in Sandakan
The Sandakan Memorial Park (Malay: Taman Peringatan Sandakan) is a memorial site built in the former grounds of the former Sandakan camp in the Malaysian
Sandakan_Memorial_Park
Part of World War II
honouring the sacrifices of the native population. Sandakan Memorial Park is built on the site of Sandakan Camp to honour POWs and internees. The Cho Huan Lai
Japanese occupation of British Borneo
Japanese_occupation_of_British_Borneo
Giran (Yilan) Maruyama Batu Lintang camp (Batu Lintang, Kuching) Jesselton camp (Kota Kinabalu) Sandakan camp (Sandakan) Ash Civilian Assembly Center (Shanghai)
List of Japanese-run internment camps during World War II
List_of_Japanese-run_internment_camps_during_World_War_II
Monument in Ranau, Malaysia
POW Camp Memorial" is the final station of the "POW Route" during the three death marches. The route begins in Sandakan and ends at the "Last Camp" of
Last_POW_Camp_Memorial
Island in Southeast Asia
British and Australian prisoners of war to camps in Borneo such as Batu Lintang camp. From the Sandakan camp site, only six of some 2,500 prisoners survived
Borneo
American novelist and memoirist (1901–1982)
of the Sandakan (State) Museum. He had worked in Borneo since 1925, and was based in Sandakan. Agnes spent an idyllic five years at Sandakan, sometimes
Agnes_Newton_Keith
Borneo resistance against Japanese occupation
The Lions of Borneo, also known as the Sandakan Resistance, were those members of the North Borneo Armed Constabulary and its reserves, the North Borneo
Lions_of_Borneo
British protectorate in Asia from 1877 to 1946
wars (POWs) in Sandakan camp where they were then forced to march from Sandakan to Ranau. Other POWs were also sent to Batu Lintang camp in neighbouring
North_Borneo
fruition and almost 2,500 POWs died during the Sandakan Death Marches. Batu Lintang camp Berhala Island, Sandakan Borneo campaign, 1945 1st Parachute Battalion
Operation Kingfisher (World War II)
Operation_Kingfisher_(World_War_II)
Last major Allied campaign in the South West Pacific Area during World War II
were being held in increasingly worse conditions in the Sandakan camp and Batu Lintang camp. A Japanese 'army' of World War II was equivalent to an Allied
Borneo_campaign
World War II memorial in Malaysia
British and Australian soldiers who died in the Sandakan POW camp during their forced death marches from Sandakan to Ranau. Besides that, it also recognises
Kundasang_War_Memorial
Organized guerilla group in World War II
Kuching, along with other civilians, for helping the prisoners of war in Sandakan Camp (Photograph Black & white, Landscape). P02494.021. Second World War
Philippine resistance against Japan
Philippine_resistance_against_Japan
Imperial Japanese general (1886–1974)
toward the native population". The Borneo Defence Army operated the Sandakan camp, which held Australian POWs who had been captured at the Fall of Singapore
Yamawaki_Masataka
Island in Malaysia
in June 1943, when several POWs who were due to be transferred to Sandakan POW camp managed to escape to Tawi-Tawi in the Philippines. Plans are currently
Berhala_Island,_Sabah
Japanese army brigade in World War II
the area were either sent to the Lintang death camp in Kuching, where one third died, or the Sandakan camp, where almost all died. They landed at Kuching
Kawaguchi_Detachment
brought to Borneo and held as prisoners of war in Batu Lintang camp in Sarawak and Sandakan camp in North Borneo. The Japanese military authorities placed
Military_of_historic_Sarawak
1841–1946 kingdom on northern Borneo
brought to Borneo and held as prisoners of war in Batu Lintang camp in Sarawak and Sandakan camp in North Borneo. The Japanese military authorities placed
Raj_of_Sarawak
Japanese-run WWII internment camp in Kuching, Sarawak
Australian and British soldiers who were later to die on the Sandakan Death Marches were held at the camp. Contact between the inhabitants of the different compounds
Batu_Lintang_camp
Australian rules footballer
was reported as missing in July 1942 and died in 1945 as a POW at Sandakan camp. Desmond is also remembered for paying the ultimate price for his country
Fred_Keays
Australian judge and writer (1914–2007)
camp at Sandakan and the Sandakan death marches. As a result of these trials, eight Japanese, including Captain Hoshijima Susumi, the Sandakan camp commandant
Athol_Moffitt
1989 siege
1994 in Sandakan, Sabah and charged with illegal possession of firearms. He was extradited back to the Philippines in 2006. He was detained in Camp Crame
Camp_Cawa-Cawa_siege
Governor of North Borneo (1887–1959)
interned by the Japanese at Berhala Island near Sandakan in North Borneo and then at Batu Lintang camp, Sarawak, Borneo, from 18 January 1942 until May
Robert Smith (colonial administrator)
Robert_Smith_(colonial_administrator)
Malaysian camp site and activity centre for Scouting and other youth organisations
Gilwell Scouts Nature Park Sandakan (Gilwell SNP Sandakan) is located in Sandakan, Sabah on the isle of Borneo in Sabah, which is the second largest state
Gilwell Scouts Nature Park Sandakan
Gilwell_Scouts_Nature_Park_Sandakan
1950 film by Jean Negulesco
Berhala Island near Sandakan, North Borneo (today's Sabah) but spent most of her captivity at Batu Lintang camp at Kuching, Sarawak. The camp was liberated
Three_Came_Home
Youth and educational organisation in Malaysia
1927 by H.P. Hertslet 1913 - Sabah, by Reverend Thomas Cecil Alexander in Sandakan Scout Association of Malaysia Sabah Branch 1913 - Sarawak, by Reverend
Malaysian_Scouts_Association
Newton Keith's account of internment on Berhala Island in Sandakan Harbour and Batu Lintang camp, Kuching, Three Came Home (1947), was one of the first of
List of concentration and internment camps
List_of_concentration_and_internment_camps
British linguist
Batavia; Changi Barracks, Singapore; Jesselton Gaol, North Borneo and Sandakan camp, North Borneo (Bell 11–25) Bell, Frank (1991) Undercover University
Frank_Bell_(educator)
Church in Sandakan, Malaysia
or Sandakan Cathedral, is the cathedral and mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandakan (Dioecesis Sandakaanus or Keuskupan Sandakan) in
St. Mary's Cathedral, Sandakan
St._Mary's_Cathedral,_Sandakan
Prison in Singapore
labour camps outside Singapore, including those on the Burma Railway and at Sandakan airfield. Allied POWs, mainly Australians, built a chapel at the prison
Changi_Prison
Australian army officer
camps. He managed to add himself to a contingent of prisoners being sent to Borneo to a labour camp. Once he arrived at Berhala Island, in Sandakan Harbour
Jock_McLaren
One of the last surviving British veterans of World War I
in January 1942, and interned in a camp at Berhala Island near Sandakan. He was later moved to Batu Lintang camp near Kuching in Sarawak, where he was
William_Young_(veteran)
Hill station and town in Sabah, Malaysia
during World War II at the Sandakan POW Camp, and the casualties of the three infamous forced death marches from Sandakan to Ranau. It also serves as
Kundasang
Commandant of the North Borneo Constabulary (born 1894)
the 1918 New Year Honours for his actions at Arras. In 1922, Adams left Sandakan and went to Jesselton, appointed as the Acting Adjutant of the Constabulary
Wilfrid_Carne_Cole-Adams
Bilateral relations
captured by the Japanese Army and sent to Borneo in Batu Lintang camp and Sandakan camp where they were also forced to participate in death marches, which
Australia–Malaysia_relations
Protected forest reserve in Malaysia
Tawai Forest Reserve is a protected forest reserve in Telupid District of Sandakan Division, Sabah, Malaysia. It was first created in January 1972, before
Tawai_Forest_Reserve
Scottish writer, producer and director (1941–2010)
in various private houses in Sandakan; in May 1942 they were transferred to the prison camp on Berhala Island in Sandakan Harbour. Here Graham, his older
Ranald_Graham
Japanese army officer & war criminal (1885-1945)
internment camps in Borneo. On Borneo there were Japanese-run internment camps at Batu Lintang, Kuching, Sarawak, Jesselton (later Kota Kinabalu), Sandakan and
Tatsuji_Suga
Duchess of Kent (1906–1968)
Princess Marina Sports Complex, Rickmansworth. Duchess of Kent Hospital, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia Institute of Teacher Education Kent Campus, Tuaran, Sabah
Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark
Princess_Marina_of_Greece_and_Denmark
International road route on the island of Borneo
(from Sematan to Kudat through Brunei), FT13 (Mile 32 Sandakan to Tawau) and FT22 (Tamparuli to Sandakan). Those highways were later gazetted as a part of
Pan-Borneo_Highway
Police and military force of North Borneo (1881–1963)
Fort Hill, but when the capitol was moved to Sandakan, they were at a building called The Barracks in Sandakan. Within a decade, they were at the Victoria
North_Borneo_Police_Force
Monument in Ranau
POWs, Allan Quailey who been killed on 16 February 1945 during the first Sandakan Death Marches by the Japanese soldiers. Allan Quailey Clarence (born on
Quailey's_Hill_Memorial
Cemetery in East Malaysia
in the region, including a number of those who perished on the infamous Sandakan Death Marches, and many hundreds of Allied POWs (mostly British and Australian)
Labuan_War_Cemetery
Australian George Cross recipient (1912–1944)
fighting. In July 1942, he was a member of a group of POWs sent to the Sandakan POW camp in British North Borneo. There, Matthews established an intelligence
Lionel_Matthews
Australian historian and author (born 1945)
Sandakan – A Conspiracy of Silence, published in 1998, uncovered the fate of 2428 Australian and British prisoners of war who died at the Sandakan POW
Lynette_Silver
Forced relocation under the threat of death
marches of Allied POWs, including the 1942 Bataan Death March and the 1945 Sandakan Death Marches. The former forcibly transferred 60–80,000 POWs to Balanga
Death_march
British forester and plant collector
II Keith was imprisoned at Berhala Island near Sandakan and then in Batu Lintang internment and POW camp near Kuching in Sarawak, as were Agnes and their
Harry_Keith
District in Sabah, Malaysia
of the district is in Ranau Town. The landlocked district bordering the Sandakan Division to the east until it meets the Interior Division border. Ranau
Ranau_District
Slavery with the intention of using the slaves for sex
American, British and men from every race visited the Japanese prostitutes of Sandakan. A Japanese woman named Osaki said that the men, Japanese, Chinese, whites
Sexual_slavery
48th 0 1 Once Is Not Enough 1975 48th 0 1 Probes in Space 1975 48th 0 1 Sandakan No. 8 1974 48th 0 1 Sisyphus 1974 48th 0 1 The California Reich 1975 48th
List of Academy Award–nominated films
List_of_Academy_Award–nominated_films
Treatment of POWs in Japan during WWII
transport on such vessels). Thousands of POWs perished in death marches (ex. Sandakan Death Marches or the Bataan Death March). Nonetheless, according to Sarah
Allied prisoners of war of Japan
Allied_prisoners_of_war_of_Japan
Malaysian politician and businessman
believed to be a reprisal orchestrated by the Prime Minister Najib Razak's camp in UMNO, which was increasingly infuriated by Mahathir's and Mukhriz's criticisms
Mukhriz_Mahathir
Government official in British North Borneo (1844–1895)
Constabulary, Superintendent of Gaols, and the Chief magistrate of the Sandakan District Court. He was also the founding editor of the British North Borneo
Robert_Dudley_Beeston
Australian medical doctor
Australia in 1938. After an eventful year in Kudat, he was transferred to Sandakan as Port Health Officer, then to Keningau as District Surgeon, Beaufort
Marcus_Clarke_(doctor)
Australian surgeon (1910–2008)
the Sandakan POW Camp on Borneo. In October 1943, he and other officers were moved to the Kuching POW camp, despite his attempts to remain at Sandakan. He
Frank_Mills_(surgeon)
Territorial dispute between the Philippines and Malaysia
ruler of the territories with the title of Datu Bandahara and Rajah of Sandakan, with absolute power over the inhabitants and property of the land. In
North_Borneo_dispute
Allied World War II special operation in Borneo
Sandakan, although they were unable to get close enough to the camp to make a thorough investigation, and ultimately reported in error that the camp had
Operation_Agas
State in East Malaysia
control, including Sandakan, which was razed to the ground. The Japanese ran a brutal prisoner of war camp known as Sandakan camp. The majority of the
Sabah
WWII Japanese campaign
1999–2000, The Netherlands East Indies 1941–42, "The Japanese occupation of Sandakan, January 1942 Archived 19 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine". Governors
Battle_of_Borneo_(1941–1942)
School in Malaya, Singapore
East prisoners of war King Rat (Clavell novel) Burma Railway Hell ship Sandakan Death Marches Bar News – Summer 2011–2012 P85 Great Britain. Army Council
Changi_University
British colonial official
Borneo. At some point Wookey was the most senior official stationed in Sandakan as Resident (known as Resident Commissioner in full) and was also appointed
Keith_Wookey
Malaysian scout leader (1898–1983)
at St. Michael's Church, Sandakan. North Borneo's first official camping ground for Scouts was opened at Lok Kawi Scout Camping Ground in 1935, and the
Simon_C._Yew
Celebration of the end of World War II
were murdered in Borneo, at both Ranau and Sandakan, by the Imperial Japanese Army. At Batu Lintang camp, also in Borneo, death orders were found which
Victory_over_Japan_Day
Death march during the final months of the Second World War in Europe
Luckenwalde. Sandakan Death Marches James "Dixie" Deans Bataan Death March Death marches (Holocaust) Phil Lamason List of German World War II POW camps Prisoner
The_March_(1945)
2001 novel by Bryce Courtenay
survives years of hell as a POW and barely survives the Death Marches from Sandakan to Ranau. Back home, physically and psychologically damaged, he alternates
Four_Fires
Lakai, Badau and many more including the Chinese. In Sandakan, there was once a brutal POW camp run by the Japanese for British and Australian POWs from
History_of_Sabah
Malaysian ichthyologist
was born in Sandakan, British North Borneo (now known as Sabah; part of Malaysia), in 1923. He attended Chung Hwa primary school in Sandakan before being
Chin_Phui_Kong
Military engagement in Tawau during the Indonesia–Malaysia Confrontation
town, continued movement toward Lahad Datu, and ultimately the seizure of Sandakan in the north. At the time of the Indonesia–Malaysia Confrontation, Kalabakan
Raid_on_Kalabakan
Australian composer and festival director (born 1963)
who in 1945 were sent on a series of death marches from the Japanese camp in Sandakan, Borneo – only six would survive. It was revised and premiered as part
Jonathan_Mills_(composer)
Island of Sabah, Malaysia
considered the second largest island in Sabah, located in Paitan Bay of the Sandakan Division. Its main settlement, the Jambongan town, is located on the southeast
Jambongan_Island
Town and district capital in Sabah, Malaysia
is the third-largest city (or town) in Sabah, after Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan. It is located on the Semporna Peninsula in the southeast coast of the
Tawau
Military service programme in Malaysia (2002–2018, 2023–present)
include a downsizing of the number of camps throughout the country to the existing 13 army camps and one police camp, a different training scheme with a
National Service Training Programme (Malaysia)
National_Service_Training_Programme_(Malaysia)
Janeiro Maru Roko Maru Rokyo Maru Ryūkyū Maru Samurusan Maru San Diego Maru Sandakan Steamer Sanko Maru Seikyo Maru Sekiho Maru (formerly Canadian Inventor)
List_of_Japanese_hell_ships
British Army officer and Commandant of North Borneo Constabulary (1872–1954)
Worcestershire Regiment to the Constabulary. He and his family arrived in Sandakan via steamship, and Reddie was appointed Commandant of the Constabulary
John_Murray_Reddie
constructing Japan's Burma-Thailand Railway. In 1944, the Japanese inflicted the Sandakan Death March on 2,000 Australian and British prisoners of war—only 6 survived
History_of_Australia
Military engagement in Tawau during the Indonesia–Malaysia Confrontation
facilitating a broader advance to seize the key towns of Tawau, Lahad Datu and Sandakan. The Tawau Division is located on the eastern flank of Sabah, bordering
Battle_of_Tawau
Chinese squatters, into guarded "new villages"—effectively concentration camps—in "white areas" free of MCP influence. From 1949, British measures, including
History_of_Malaysia
He is of Malaysian Chinese descent, and his parents are from Kudat and Sandakan, two small towns in Sabah, Malaysia. Ng and his younger brother, Perry
Family_of_Barack_Obama
2014 studio album by Russell Morris
covers great Australian characters and stories including Breaker Morant, Sandakan and Eureka Rebellion and features a host of special guest artists including
Van_Diemen's_Land_(album)
Pebbles (1966) Sand Storm (2016) Sand Wars (2013) Sandade Sandadi (2002) Sandakan No. 8 (1974) Sandakot Na Bala (1988) Sandakozhi (2005) Sandakozhi 2 (2018)
List_of_films:_S
State capital city and district capital in Sabah, Malaysia
elected to rebuild Jesselton as the capital of North Borneo instead of Sandakan, which had also been destroyed by the war. The Crown Colony administration
Kota_Kinabalu
North Borneo Police Commissioner (1907–1987)
Superintendent of the Constabulary, and Chief Police Officer (CPO) of the Sandakan Police Station, being the commander of that city's police, reporting directly
John_Bartholomew_Atkinson
1942 battle of World War II
as forced labour on projects such as the Siam–Burma Death Railway and Sandakan airfield in North Borneo. Many of those aboard the ships perished. An Indian
Fall_of_Singapore
Labuan Teluk Anson → Teluk Intan Port Weld → Kuala Sepetang Elopura → Sandakan Prang Besar → Putrajaya Tanjung Puteri → Iskandar Puteri → Johor Bahru
List_of_city_name_changes
War crimes committed by the Empire of Japan
Japanese submarine I-8 Wake Island massacre Tinta Massacre Bataan Death March Sandakan Death Marches Shin'yō Maru Incident Sulug Island massacre Pontianak incidents
Japanese_war_crimes
Military commander and police chief of North Borneo (1881–1963)
The Bulletin. 9 October 1946. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 16 January 2026. "Sandakan produced several war heroes". www.dailyexpress.com.my. 24 April 2022. Retrieved
Commissioner of the North Borneo Police Force
Commissioner_of_the_North_Borneo_Police_Force
Capital and largest city of Malaysia
313 18 Malacca City Malacca 453,904 9 Petaling Jaya Selangor 771,687 19 Sandakan Sabah 439,050 10 Selayang Selangor 764,327 20 Alor Setar Kedah 423,868
Kuala_Lumpur
Theater of World War II
held in deteriorating conditions. At one of the very worst sites, around Sandakan in Borneo, only six of 2,500 British and Australian prisoners survived
Pacific_War
National day of remembrance
commemorate World War II in the states of Sabah and Sarawak. In Kuala Lumpur and Sandakan, Anzac Day is a memorial day to honour the Australian, British, New Zealand
Anzac_Day
German). Martin, Douglas (23 July 2008). "Dinko Sakic, Who Led WWII Death Camp, Dies at 86". The New York Times. Collins, Lauren (24 October 2012). "Last
List of last surviving World War II veterans
List_of_last_surviving_World_War_II_veterans
1948–1960 British colonial war in Malaya
The Briggs Plan forcibly relocated a million civilians into concentration camps called "new villages". Many Orang Asli indigenous communities were also
Malayan_Emergency
Australian WWII POW club in Singapore
During this time Changi POW camp was being used to supply men into work camps in Malaya, Thailand, Burma and Sandakan leading to churn in members. The
AGH_Rostrum_Club_at_Changi
English footballer
captured by the Imperial Japanese Army and interned as a POW in Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp, North Borneo. He died of malnutrition and beriberi on 21 November
Ralph_Shields
Security zone in Sabah, Malaysia
standoff. It includes the districts of Kudat, Kota Marudu, Pitas, Beluran, Sandakan, Kinabatangan, Lahad Datu, Kunak, Semporna and Tawau (including Kalabakan)
Eastern_Sabah_Security_Zone
Ethnic group native to southeastern China and Taiwan
lesser extent in Kota Marudu), with a significant minority residing in Sandakan (mainly ex-Taiping revolutionists) and other large but smaller minority
Hakka_people
Military unit
Located at Labuan Naval Base in Labuan Sandakan Naval Volunteer Reserve. Located at Sandakan Naval Base in Sandakan, Sabah Setiu Naval Volunteer Reserve
Royal Malaysian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Royal_Malaysian_Naval_Volunteer_Reserve
Muslim-majority ethnolinguistic groups in the Philippines
conflict in Mindanao. Newer communities can be found today in Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan, and Semporna in Sabah, Malaysia, North Kalimantan in Indonesia, and in
Moro_people
1941–1942 World War II military campaign
Sulong Massacre 1942 Battle of Singapore 1942 Sook Ching 1942 Syburi 1942 Sandakan Death Marches 1942–1945 Si Rat Malai 1943–1945 Jesselton revolt 1943–1944
Malayan_campaign
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