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'I wanted to die': Last survivor of Australia's biggest prison breakout returns to Cowra

Cowra Breakout

The last living Japanese soldier involved in the 1944 Cowra Breakout, Teruo Murakami, (wheelchair) attends the anniversary in Cowra. Source: SBS

Teruo Murakami, 98, survived the Cowra breakout in World War II. Seventy-five years on, he has made what is likely to be his final journey to the regional Australian town where he almost lost his life.


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Teruo Murakami, 98, survived the Cowra breakout in World War II. Seventy-five years on, he has made what is likely to be his final journey to the regional Australian town where he almost lost his life.


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