The Cowra Breakout

In August 1944, 1104 Japanese prisoners of war at the Australian POW camp at Cowra stage a mass breakout. Four guards are killed in the escape, and 231 prisoners die by wounds sustained or suicide, while 334 prisoners are recaptured over the subsequent nine days.

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Alan David Lee

Stan Davidson

Tracy Mann

Sally Murphy

Dennis Miller

Mick Murphy

Paul Smith

Bob Davidson

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