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| Keywords: Halima binte Amat (AWM P02494.022).JPG en Informal portrait of Halima binte Amat widow of Wong Mu Sing a prominent Chinese-Filipino trader who was part of a Filipino guerilla force and worked as an undercover agent The underground group was betrayed in July 1943 and Wong Mu Sing was among those arrested He was executed in March 1944 in Kuching along with seven other civilians for helping the prisoners of war in Sandakan Camp Halima binte Amat was rewarded by the representatives of the Australian-British Reward Mission In 1946 the Mission led by V18803 Major Maj H W S Harry Jackson Australian Government representative was joined by Maj R K Dyce representing the British Army and two journalists from the ABC Colin Simpson and William McFarlane travelled to North Borneo to investigate report and reward the assistance provided to Australian and British prisoners of war POWs by local natives In 1942 1800 Australian and 600 British POWs were sent to Sandakan from Singapore and Java Those prisoners still alive in the Sandakan POW Camp in January 1945 were forced to help evacuate the Japanese Imperial Army from Sandakan to Ranau in three brutal death marches where the men were forced to march the 150 miles to Ranau Any POWs still alive after the last march were killed Only six prisoners who had all escaped during the death marches were still alive at the end of the war POWs had made pledges to the local people who had assisted them and the Australian Government decided that these obligations should be investigated and rewarded P02494 022 Donor H W S Jackson 1950-10 PD-Australia Uncategorized 2015 January 7 | ||||
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