‘War brought Malaysia and Australia closer’

SANDAKAN, 15 Ogos -- Gabenor Jeneral Australia Sir Peter Cosgrove memberi penghormatan kepada tentera Australia yang terkorban ketika Perang Dunia Kedua sempena Upacara Hari Sandakan di Taman Peringatan Sandakan hari ini.--fotoBERNAMA (2015) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

SANDAKAN: The friendship enjoyed between Malaysia and Australia has in part been shaped by the common and bitter experience of war.

Governor-General of Australia Sir Peter Cosgrove said in the last months of World War Two, almost 2,500 Australian and British prisoners-of-war were forced to march over 250km in Sabah.