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- See also
- References
- Further reading
Operation Kingfisher was an operation planned to rescue Allied prisoners of war from Japanese captivity in Borneo towards the end of the Second World War. The operation did not come to fruition and almost 2,500 POWs died during the Sandakan Death Marches.[1][2][3] See also - Batu Lintang camp
- Berhala Island, Sandakan
- Borneo campaign, 1945
- 1st Parachute Battalion (Australia)
References 1. ^{{cite news|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/6479722/wwii-hero-jack-sue-dies/|title=WWII Hero Jack Sue dies|date=16 November 2009|work=The West Australian|accessdate=5 August 2015}} 2. ^https://www.awm.gov.au/journal/j37/borneo.asp 3. ^Operation Kingfisher
Further reading {{Portal|World War II}}- {{cite journal|last1=Gin|first1=Ooi Keat|title=Prelude to invasion: covert operations before the re-occupation of Northwest Borneo, 1944–45|journal=Journal of the Australian War Memorial|date=2002|volume=37|url=https://www.awm.gov.au/journal/j37/borneo.asp#28|accessdate=7 August 2015|issn=1327-0141}}
- {{cite book|last=Moffit|first=Athol|origyear=1989|year=1995|title=Project Kingfisher|publisher=ABC Books|location=Sydney, New South Wales|isbn=0-7333-0489-3}}
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