Australians and Japanese gather at the site of "Prisoner of War Camp 12" to commemorate the night hundreds of Japanese POWs attempted a mass breakout.
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Cowra prisoner breakout remembered
The last living Japanese soldier involved in the 1944 Cowra Breakout, Teruo Murakami (wheelchair), attends the anniversary in Cowra. Source: SBS
Australians and Japanese gather at the site of "Prisoner of War Camp 12" to commemorate the night hundreds of Japanese POWs attempted a mass breakout.
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By Naveen Razik
Source: SBS
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