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A memorial obelisk was erected several years ago at Sandakan and two memorial services are performed each year – one on Anzac Day and another on August 15, marking the date of the Japanese surrender.
Some of the worst atrocities committed against Australian prisoners of war by their Japanese captors occurred in camps far away from the Thai-Burma Railway and Changi.