The Cowra breakout: remembering and reflecting on Australia's biggest prison escape 75 years on
- Written by Rebecca Hausler, PhD Candidate, Researcher, and Sessional Lecturer in Japanese Studies, School of Languages and Cultures, The University of Queensland
The burial of some of the Japanese prisoners of war who lost their lives in the mass outbreak from B Camp, (the Japanese section), at No. 12 Prisoner Of War compound in the early hours of August 5, 1944. Australian War Memorial (073487)
Today (August 5) marks the 75th anniversary of Australia’s largest prison escape: the Cowra breakout, in...