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BILLY Young, the last surviving POW to have been imprisoned at the notorious Sandakan Camp, in Borneo, and at the equally notorious Outram Road Gaol in Singapore, run by the Japanese kempei tai or military police, died in Hobart Hospital last May 19 from Covid

Billy Young, the final surviving POW imprisoned in Borneo’s infamous Sandakan Camp, and on the equally infamous Outram Road Gaol in Singapore run by the

Historian Lynette Silver said Billy Young was “irrepressible, even in captivity. His will to survive carried him through torture and interrogation, enabling him to endure months of solitary confinement.”

KOTA KINABALU: Local adventure guide Tham Yau Kong will be among the recipients of a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) from Queen Elizabeth II.

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