If there’s anyone that much is owed to, in documenting this episode in the history of British North Borneo (now Sabah), then it’s Sydney-based author Lynette Ramsay Silver. One should read her book which is currently still available in Kota Kinabalu for what happened in the Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp during the closing years of World War II.
Sandakan: A Conspiracy of Silence, 3rd Edition
Silver, Lynette Ramsay
Publisher: Sally Milner Publishing
ISBN-10: 1863512454
ISBN-13: 9781863512459
Nearly 65 years on, the painful memories still linger on for those families who have lost loved ones in this dark episode of history. It’s a pity really that the present generation in Sabah don’t really know much about this period of its history; but with the prevalence of the internet, maybe we should address that short coming by checking out Lynette’s website: http://lynettesilver.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/
Lynette Ramsay Silver recently received a special award from the state Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun at the Sabah Tourism Awards Night on Saturday Nov 21st 2009: http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/22slver/Article/index_html
http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=68992
“Two individuals who had contributed immensely to the tourism sector in Sabah were honoured with the Minister Special Awards, with the citation read by Masidi himself. The recipients were Lynette Silver and Dr Michael Patrick Chong.
Lynette is noted for her work in promoting Sabah and the sacrifice of Australian soldiers in World War Two through her research on the Death Walk March and recently The Last Camp Site, also announced in her acceptance speech that the Australian Government would be contributing RM120,000 to the development of the The Last Camp Site.”
Somehow the local press seemed to have missed the Memorial Projects that she’s undertaken to initiate for the people of Sabah: http://lynettesilver.com/content/category/4/14/63/ for her effort , no award can be sufficient enough to express our eternal gratitude.
Sandakan: A Conspiracy of Silence, 3rd Edition
Silver, Lynette Ramsay
Publisher: Sally Milner Publishing
ISBN-10: 1863512454
ISBN-13: 9781863512459
Nearly 65 years on, the painful memories still linger on for those families who have lost loved ones in this dark episode of history. It’s a pity really that the present generation in Sabah don’t really know much about this period of its history; but with the prevalence of the internet, maybe we should address that short coming by checking out Lynette’s website: http://lynettesilver.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/
Lynette Ramsay Silver recently received a special award from the state Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun at the Sabah Tourism Awards Night on Saturday Nov 21st 2009: http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/22slver/Article/index_html
http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=68992
“Two individuals who had contributed immensely to the tourism sector in Sabah were honoured with the Minister Special Awards, with the citation read by Masidi himself. The recipients were Lynette Silver and Dr Michael Patrick Chong.
Lynette is noted for her work in promoting Sabah and the sacrifice of Australian soldiers in World War Two through her research on the Death Walk March and recently The Last Camp Site, also announced in her acceptance speech that the Australian Government would be contributing RM120,000 to the development of the The Last Camp Site.”
Somehow the local press seemed to have missed the Memorial Projects that she’s undertaken to initiate for the people of Sabah: http://lynettesilver.com/content/category/4/14/63/ for her effort , no award can be sufficient enough to express our eternal gratitude.
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