In August 1994, my grandmother was living on a farm about 10 miles from Cowra with my infant father and my great grandfather. My grandfather was in airforce at Darwin guarding an airfield at that time.
Japanese POW's broke out and my great grandfather joined the effort to round them up. Leaving my grandmother alone. She told me she was fightened as to what the japanese could do to her and my father should they raid the farm. The stories people were being told about the Japanese were horrific. She hid my father in his crib in a closet, did not leave the house and carried a loaded shotgun with her until they were all recaptured.
A school mate of my father was a guard at Cowra who boasted about machine gunning escaping prisoners. Low life.
Cowra breakout | History & Facts
History of the Cowra breakout, a mass escape of prisoners of war during World War II.
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