Operation Kingfisher was an operation planned to rescue Allied prisoners of war from Japanese captivity in Borneo towards the end of the Second World War. The operation did not come to fruition and almost 2,500 POWs died during the Sandakan Death Marches.[1][2]
See also[]
- Batu Lintang camp
- Berhala Island, Sandakan
- Borneo campaign, 1945
- 1st Parachute Battalion (Australia)
References[]
- ↑ "WWII Hero Jack Sue dies". The West Australian. 16 November 2009. https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/6479722/wwii-hero-jack-sue-dies/. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ↑ https://www.awm.gov.au/journal/j37/borneo.asp
Further reading[]
- Gin, Ooi Keat (2002). "Prelude to invasion: covert operations before the re-occupation of Northwest Borneo, 1944–45". ISSN 1327-0141. https://www.awm.gov.au/journal/j37/borneo.asp#28. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- Moffit, Athol (1995) [1989]. Project Kingfisher. Sydney, New South Wales: ABC Books. ISBN 0-7333-0489-3.
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