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The honour roll commemorates those from the Richmond Valley who lost their lives in the Sandakan Death Marches in 1945 during World War Two.
The Sandakan Death Marches were a series of forced marches in Borneo from Sandakan to Ranau which resulted in the deaths of more than 3,600 Indonesian civilian slave labourers and 2,400 Allied prisoners of war held captive by the Empire of Japan during the Pacific campaign of World War Two at prison camps in North Borneo.
By the end of the war, of all the prisoners who had been incarcerated at Sandakan and Ranau, only six Australians survived, all of whom had escaped. It is widely considered to be the single worst atrocity suffered by Australian servicemen during World War Two.
Location
| Address: | 10 Zadoc Street, Warriors Chapel, St Andrew`s Anglican Church, Lismore , 2480 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -28.805409 Long: 153.279884 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Honour Roll |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | WW2 |
| Approx. Event End Date: | 1945 |
| Designer: | Lismore Rotary Club |
| Link: | http://www.warmemorialsregister.nsw… |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Thursday 27th August, 2015 |
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ROLL of HONOUR
Honouring Soldiers from the Richmond Valley who made the Supreme Sacrifice on the Sandakan Death Marches 1945
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A project of The Rotary Club of Lismore. Dedicated by the Bishop of Grafton. The Right Reverend Dr Sarah Macneil on 27 August 2015
