The Japanese, in 1942, decided to build an airfield at Sandakan. They brought 2500 British and Australian POWs from Singapore. The field was never completed at least in part because of sabotage by the prisoners. This is a piece of equipment, originally British, that remains at the sight of the prison camp, part of which has been turned into a memorial. As the war turned against the Japanese, they decided to move the prisoners to an area near Mt. Kinabalu, Renau, some 260 km away. Only 6 men survived the death march. They survived only because they escaped.
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