Record

Unique IDCWGC/1/2/D/10/15
Alt Ref NoADD 1/32/1
TitleBorneo
DescriptionMain topics: war-time miliary operations in Borneo during the Second World War; details of burials and of references to cemeteries on Commission files; work in cemeteries by Commission; or concentration or commemoration of graves elsewhere.
Date7/5/1945 - 1/11/1957
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CWGC_1_2_D_10_15 opt.pdf

Content NoteIncludes: Press cutting from the Times reporting on Borneo's independence from Dutch rule, dated 13 May 1947; Press cutting reporting on Australian troops landing at Labuan Island and at Muara, dated 12 June 1945; Press cutting from the Times reporting on Australian landings at Sarawak, dated 22 June 1945; Press cutting reporting on cruelty to Allied prisoners of war in Borneo and the suicide of Colonel Suya, the Japanese commandant for all the camps, dated 17 September 1945; Press cutting from the Times about British control over Sarawak, dated 7 February 1946; Press cutting reporting on the massacre of 100 French civilians and 500-600 French prisoners of war by Japanese troops in Sandakan, dated 10 September 1945; Press cuttings from the Times reporting on the capture of Tarakan by Australian troops, dated 7 May 1945 and 8 May 1945.
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryArchive
ArchNoteMATERIAL COLLECTED BY H. CHETTLE; PERHAPS TO PREPARE INTRODUCTIONS TO CEMETERY REGISTERS.

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DS/UK/25Chettle; Henry Francis (1882-1958); Lt Col; Director of Records and Deputy Controller1882-1958

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