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The burial of Japanese prisoners of war who lost their lives in the Cowra breakout
The burial of Japanese prisoners of war who lost their lives in the Cowra breakout Source: Australian War Memorial 20190801001411424513

Federal parliament has paused to remember the lives lost in the Cowra Prisoner of War camp breakout in 1944.

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Federal parliament has paused to remember the lives lost in the Cowra Prisoner of War camp breakout in 1944.

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