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By 1944 conditions at the camp had deteriorated with reduced rations and increased brutality. 10302015 Sandakan Australian prisoners were sent to Sandakan in 1942 to build an airstrip. Now Going On To Explore Sandakan And Its War Memorial Park And Learn About Sabah S History White Water Rafting Wildlife Safari Memorial Park 12122009 The Japanese occupation of Sandakan during the Second World War started on 19th Jan 1942 and lasted until 19th Oct 1945 when it was liberated by a Brigade of the Australian 9th Division. Sandakan war history . It was the site of great loss of Australian life in World War II a prisoner of war camp with a death rate higher than those of the Nazi concentration camps of. The third march which comprised the last of the prisoners from the Sandakan camp contained 537. At first they were treated reasonably well. 1262020 On the 26th of January 1945 the evacuation of the Sandakan POW camp began. In 1945 the surviving prisoners were sent on the Sandakan D...