Batu Lintang camp
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batu-lintang-camp-207-3013305
title:
Batu Lintang camp
text:
Batu Lintang camp at Kuching, Sarawak on the island of Borneo was a Japanese-run internment camp during the Second World War. It was unusual in that it housed both Allied prisoners of war (POWs) and civilian internees. The camp, which operated from March 1942 until the liberation of the camp in September 1945, was housed in buildings that were originally British Indian Army barracks. The original area was extended by the Japanese, until it covered about 50 acres. The camp population fluctuated,
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description:
Japanese-run WWII internment camp in Kuching, Sarawak
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu_Lintang_camp
date created:
2007-03-17T16:42:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T01:12:00Z
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