RANAU NUMBER 2 PRISONER OF WAR JUNGLE CAMP
THE LAST CAMP
During 1945, More Than 1000 Australian And British Prisoner Of War
Were Marched By The Occupying Japanese Through The Jungle From
Sandakan To Ranau, A Distance Of 250 Kilometres. In June, The 189 Men
Who Had Survived these Death Marches Were Concentrated
In The Valley Below, At
'The Last Camp'
Conditions Were Appalling, Six Weeks Later, All But 32 Were Dead.
Of These, Seventeen Were Murdered on 1 August. The Remaining
Fifteen were Killed On 27 August, Twelve Days After The War Had Ended.
Another 1400 Prisoners Died At the Main Sandakan Camp.
Six Australians, Including Four From This Camp,
Managed To Escape And Were Hidden By Local People,
Who Risked Their Lives To Help Them.
They Were The Sole Survivors.
