Kundasang War Memorial

During World War Two, there were British and Australian Soldiers taken as Prisoners of War (POW) in Sandakan. They were tasked to construct a military airfield. Later on the Japanese decided to transfer the fittest 455 of them to Kota Kinabalu to serve as coolie labourers. The journey from Sandakan to Kota Kinabalu is about 250km and these POWs were asked to WALK all the way!!! The track was really tough and they face challenges throughout the journey.

Most of them did not make it all the way and many did not survive.

Now near the town of Ranau, a memorial was built to honour the sufferings by these POWs.

There are some images of the memorial here.