Last POW Camp Memorial

The Last POW Camp Memorial (Malay: Tugu Peringatan Kem Tawanan Perang Terakhir) is a memorial in the district of Ranau in the Malaysian state of Sabah, which commemorates the victims of the Sandakan Death Marches who died during their march to Ranau.

The memorial stone was erected on 27 August 2009, handed over by the Minister of Tourism Datuk Masidi Manjun, by the landowner Dr. Othman and Lynette Silver as a representative of the members of the public.

[1] The memorial is located about 8 kilometres south of Ranau on the road to Tambunan above the Liwagu Valley.

During 1945, More Than 1000 Australian And British Prisoner Of War Were Marched By The Occupying Japanese Through The Jungle From Sandakan To Ranau, A Distance Of 250 Kilometres.

In June, The 189 Men Who Had Survived these Death Marches Were Concentrated In The Valley Below, At 'The Last Camp' Conditions Were Appalling, Six Weeks Later, All But 32 Were Dead.

Six Australians, Including Four From This Camp, Managed To Escape And Were Hidden By Local People, Who Risked Their Lives To Help Them.

The Liwagu River below the camp site.
Inscription of the memorial stone in English.
Name of the 183 prisoners who were killed at the last camp.
The "POW route" signboard before the memorial.