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SANDAKAN TO RANAU DEATH MARCH
GUNNER CAMPBELL SERVED WITH THE 2/10TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD REGIMENT AND WAS TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR IN MALAYA SUBSEQUENTLY BEING IMPRISONED AT SANDAKAN, NORTH BORNEO. HE WAS ONE OF ONLY SIX SURVIVORS OF 1100 PRISONERS FORCED TO UNDERTAKE THE INFAMOUS DEATH MARCHES FROM SANDAKAN TO RANAU WHICH BEGAN ON 1945-01-28. THE TOTAL DISTANCE WAS 155 MILES BUT GUNNER CAMPBELL AND FOUR OTHER PRISONERS ESCAPED JUST BEYOND MAUNAD CROSSING. THE OTHER FOUR ESCAPEES EITHER DIED OF ILLNESS OR WERE KILLED BY THE JAPANESE.
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