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Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp
Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp opened on the 15th of August 1942 on Berhala Island, Borneo in existing buildings, to house Australian Prisoners of War. In late April 1943 it moved to the mainland, about 9 miles west of Sandakan in a newly built compound, it held mainly British and Australians. Today the site is the Sandakan Memorial Park.
April 1943 Difficult Work
8th April 1943 Arrival
18th April 1943 Arrival
9th May 1943 Church Parade
Aug 1943 Move
Sep 1943 Air Raids
Early Jan 1945 Move
29th January 1945 March
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April 1945 March
15th April 1945 Move
29th May 1945 Move
10th Jun 1945 Move
13th Jul 1945 Sickness
Oct 1945 Report
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Those known to have been held in or employed at Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Copley Arthur. Crfmn. (d.1st Oct 1944)
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Crfmn. Arthur Copley 21st LAA Regiment Workshop Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (d.1st Oct 1944) Arthur Copley was captured on 8th of March 1942 at Garot, Java
He departed Java on the ship Nagara Maru, on 22nd of September 1942 to Singapore, he was on Java party no 2.
He departed Singapore on the ship Hiteru Maru on 9th of October 1942 to Borneo from there he was at Sandakan camp.
He died on or shortly after 1st of October 1944 in Borneo
Arthur Copley was my great uncle.
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Crfmn. Arthur Copley 21st LAA Regiment Workshop Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (d.1st Oct 1944) Arthur Copley was captured on 8th of March 1942 at Garot, Java
He departed Java on the ship Nagara Maru, on 22nd of September 1942 to Singapore, he was on Java party no 2.
He departed Singapore on the ship Hiteru Maru on 9th of October 1942 to Borneo from there he was at Sandakan camp.
He died on or shortly after 1st of October 1944 in Borneo
Arthur Copley was my great uncle.
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