Last survivor of infamous Sandakan POW camp succumbs to Covid-19

Billy Young, the last surviving POW from the Sandakan Camp, managed to enlist when he was 15 after lying about his age. (Facebook pic)

KOTA KINABALU: Billy Young, the last surviving prisoner of war (POW) from the infamous Sandakan Camp, has died from complications caused by Covid-19. He was 96.

Young was surrounded by his family when he passed in a hospital in Hobart, the capital of Tasmania in Australia on May 19, the ABC, Australia’s national broadcaster, reported.