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This month marks the 75th anniversary of the Cowra Breakout

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Improvised weapons found in and around B compound of the Cowra Prisoner of War camp immediately after the mass escape on 5 August 1945
Improvised weapons found in and around B compound of the Cowra Prisoner of War camp immediately after the mass escape on 5 August 1945 Source: Australian War Memorial 4217079

More than 1100 Japanese prisoners of war attempted to escape from a camp near Cowra, NSW on August 5th 1944.

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More than 1100 Japanese prisoners of war attempted to escape from a camp near Cowra, NSW on August 5th 1944.

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