10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SANDAKAN»
Discover the use of
Sandakan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Sandakan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
The journey there became known as the Sandakan Death marches. Of the thousand plus prisoners who set out on the epic marches, only six survived. This is both their story and the story of the fallen.
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Sandakan Brothel No. 8: An Episode in the History of ...
This is a pioneer work on karayuki-san, poor rural Japanese women sold into overseas prostitution between the 1860s and 1930s. Sandakan Brothel No. 8 presents the life story of a former karayuki-san, Osaki, as related to the author.
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Sandakan: A Conspiracy of Silence
Lynette Silver, through painstaking research and interviews with survivors, as well as a study of Japanese records, has pieced together a detailed and highly readable account of the lives and ultimate fate of Sandakan's POW's.
Lynette Ramsay Silver, 2011
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Borneo: Sabah - Brunei - Sarawak
This new edition of Borneo provides the most comprehensive information available on the island, from its ethnographic and natural history, to accommodation and tours.
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Defying the Odds: Surviving
Sandakan and Kuching
This is a full-length account of how the officers of B and E Forces defied the odds, and survived.
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Hell on Earth:
Sandakan - Australia's greatest war tragedy
And it is the story of the depths to which the Japanese sank. Hell on Earth is a remarkable story of bravery, brutality, mateship and survival.
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Geology of North-west Borneo: Sarawak, Brunei and Sabah
A number of 'circular basins' occur on a SW line from Sandakan to the Meliau
Basin, thence through the Malibau Basin into the Tarakan Basin of Kalimantan.
They have been sedimented, predominantly in the Middle Miocene, by quartz-
rich ...
Charles Strachan Hutchison, 2005
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Aussie Soldier Prisoners of War
The Sandakan death march in 1945 was based on this directive. Almost 2,500
Allied soldiers were forced to march from Sandakan to Ranau. Only six survived.
The prisoners had been shipped to the Sandakan camp in North Borneo to build
...
Denny Neave, Craig Edwin Smith, 2009
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 ...
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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The Sulu Arms Market: National Responses to a Regional Problem
Even today, road networks in Sabah are designed in such a way that Sandakan
cannot be left out of any supply chain connecting Sulu with the wider world. In a
very real sense, all roads do indeed lead to Sandakan. This is the reason that
any ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SANDAKAN»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Sandakan is used in the context of the following news items.
KK squatters identified; 20 homes in Sandakan smashed
In SANDAKAN, 20 squatter houses near where Apolos was electrocuted to death after stepping on a live wire on Monday were demolished by the Sandakan ... «Daily Express, Jul 15»
Fireman dies from electrocution in Sandakan
"The unconscious victim was sent to Duchess of Kent Sandakan district hospital at 4.20pm and he was pronounced dead at 5pm," said a Fire and Rescue ... «New Straits Times Online, Jul 15»
As time runs out, families of Sandakan kidnap victims turn to …
It has been 50 days since Thien Nyuk Fun, 51, and Bernard Then Ted Fen, 39, were kidnapped from a seafood restaurant in Sandakan by Filipino gunmen. «The Malaysian Insider, Jul 15»
Sandakan kidnapping: Three calls to victims' families
KOTA KINABALU: At least three calls were made the past week to the families of two Malaysians kidnapped by gunmen at a seafood restaurant in Sandakan. «The Star Online, May 15»
Sandakan kidnapper killed in Jolo shootout
MANILA: A leader of the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group tagged in the abduction of two Malaysians from Sandakan in Malaysia's Sabah state was killed on ... «The Star Online, May 15»
Parliament allows debate on Sandakan kidnapping
Stephen Wong Tien Fatt (DAP – Sandakan) questioned why it was not allowed when he submitted a similar motion on Tuesday. To this, Kiandee said only one ... «The Star Online, May 15»
Sandakan kidnap: "Large ransom" demanded
He said the two captives, who were abducted from the seaside Ocean King seafood restaurant, some 3kms from Sandakan town, on May 14 were now held at a ... «The Star Online, May 15»
Kidnapping incident will not affect tourism in Sandakan - Tourism …
SANDAKAN: The kidnapping incident in a seafood restaurant here on Thursday will not stop tour operators from carrying on with their businesses in the district. «Astro Awani, May 15»
Hostages taken to Jolo in southern Philippines
Business as usual: Local residents and tourists going about their normal routine in Sandakan's city centre despite the recent kidnapping. — Bernama. «The Star Online, May 15»
Sandakan kidnapping: Police alerted over armed kidnappers, two …
In the 8pm incident yesterday, four men stormed the Ocean King Seafood Restaurant, a popular seafood outlet in Sandakan, and abducted the female restaurant ... «Astro Awani, May 15»
