The journey ends for Billy Young


KOTA KINABALU: Billy Young (pic), 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 died in a hospital in Hobart, Tasmania, on May 19, the ABC, Australia’s national broadcaster, reported.

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