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NMBVAATASINC Project for 2012

Visit Ranau - site of the POW Death March

During our next visit to Sahah from 11June to 18JUN12,  (after the Ipoh commemorations are completed 04 -11JUN), we will visit Kota Kinabalu. Whilst in Sabah, we will visit Ranau; the area used by the Japanese Imperial Army to assemble Allied POWs during the imfamous death marches during the concluding stages of WW2. 

More information regarding the above will be promulgated on this website as details come to hand.
 
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 and CONTACT the Webmaster if you are interested in joining the expedition in 2012...........email to: kencmcneill@bigpond.com
Mail : Ken McNeill  U2/21 Scott St  Beauty Point  TAS 7270
Tel : (03) 6383 4677, or Mobile 0427 314304
 
The POW Camp at Sandakan held 2,434 Australian and British servicemen. All except 6 Australians, who escaped into the jungle, died as a result of the despicable treatment of their captors.

LEST WE FORGET

 

 

 

The National Malaya & Borneo Veterans Association AustraliaTasmania Incorporated….NMBVAATAS,

will conduct its annual pilgrimage to Ipoh, Malaysia from 04JUN12 to 11JUN12.

 

After the Emergency & Confrontation commemoration services have been completed, NMBVAATASINC members will proceed to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, from 11JUN12 to 18JUN12.

We will visit Ranau, Sabah, the area where Australian & British POWs were assembled after being forced to march from Sandakan during WW2. The details of the marches and the horror of the POW incarcerations at Sandakan, during, and well after WW2 finished, has been described as the worst atrocity ever committed by Japanese Forces.

 

From 18JUN12 to 21JUN12 – the NMBVAATASINC party will return to Kuala Lumpur for R&R before returning to Australia.

 

 

For more details: visit our Website  nmbvaatasinc.com   or

Tel (03)6383 4677, or Email – kencmcneill@bigpond.com , or

write to: Mr K C McNeill JP   U2/21 ScottSt  Beauty Point TAS 7270

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04.02 | 04:11

I am shocked to read of the terrible treatment our soldiers received.

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15.12 | 04:43

Thank you for your comment...maybe you have some pictures or stories for us...regards,

Ken

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15.12 | 00:05

Served 2 tours with 1 Squadron, 1951 and 1953-4.

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31.10 | 13:57

Hi Bill, I served with 45Regt RA 176bty. I remember Bukit Knuckle. Did a few months there also Tebadu and a few other sites I cant remember. Peter Crowhurst UK

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