Last Survivor of Sandakan Dies of Covid-19 at 96

Discussion in 'War Against Japan' started by Reid, May 21, 2022.

  1. Reid

    Reid Historian & Architectural Photographer

    Billy Young was the last survivor of the most atrocious and neglected chapters in Australia's wartime history. Of 2,500 Commonwealth prisoners taken prisoner after the fall of Singapore, he was one of just six who survived Sandakan.

    Sadly, this chapter in Australia's wartime history is relatively unknown here. When I was in high school, the only topic covered in any great detail was Gallipoli, even Darwin was forgotten. Thankfully, our War Memorial in Canberra has an entire section dedicated to those who died in this horrific POW camp.

    Last survivor of one of WWII's most brutal prisoner camps dies from COVID-19
     
    Last edited: Aug 6, 2022
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