Kundasang War Memorial
( Tugu Peringatan Perang Kundasang )
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The entrance gate.
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| Coordinates |
5°59′15″N 116°34′37″E |
| Location |
Kundasang |
| Designer |
JC Robinson |
| Dedicated to |
The British and Australian soldiers who died in the Sandakan POW camp. Remembering also the suffering and sacrifice of the native populations of Sabah. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Australian Garden
The core of the Australian garden is the
Australian flag
and a bronze plaque with a heading titled "Kinabalu Kundasang War
Memorial and Australia". There is also a panel documented in English and
Malay with the title "The history of British and Australian prisoners
of war in Sabah" created by artist Ross J. Bastiaan in 1998. Below the
relief of Borneo was written in English the creation of the memorial.
While in the lower middle part of the plate is a graphical
representation of a roadmap during the death marches.
English Rose Garden
This section, dedicated to the British POWs, is laid as a rose garden. A black marble slab with the
flag of the United Kingdom bears this inscription:
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Dedicated To The Lasting Memory Of The 641 British Servecemen
Who Died In Terrible Circumstances
In The Sandakan Prisoner Of War Camp
On The Death Marches And At Ranau 1943–1945
They Shall Grow Not Old, As We That Are Left Grow Old
Age Shall Not Weary Them, Nor The Years Condemn
At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning
We Will Remember Them.
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