Vital new research forces a re-examination of one of Australia’s most harrowing wartime events, sparking crucial conversations about historical truth and accountability. For more than 80 years, questions have persisted about why hundreds of Australian and British prisoners at the notorious Sandakan prisoner of war camp in Borneo were never rescued. Now, acclaimed military historian…
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The wreck of the Montevideo Maru Found
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Approximately 1060 prisoners, both military and civilian, were lost. The ship sank with at least 850 Australian service members and 210 civilians from 14 countries, who ranged from a boy aged 15 to men in their sixties. Almost twice as many Australians died in this one incident than were killed in the entire Vietnam War.…
Merchant Navy Day – September 3rd
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Yesterday (September 3rd) as Merchant Navy Day, and recognises Australian service and civilian personnel who served on merchant vessels for more than a century. It should be noted that Merchant Navy Day falls on 3 September each year, the anniversary of the sinking of the first British merchant vessel in the Second World War in…