The Cowra Breakout
First aired on Apr 16, 1985
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In August 1944, 1104 Japanese prisoners of war at the Australian POW camp at Cowra stage a mass breakout. Four guards are killed in the escape, and 231 prisoners die by wounds sustained or suicide, while 334 prisoners are recaptured over the subsequent nine days.
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Alan David Lee | Stan Davidson
Tracy Mann | Sally Murphy
Dennis Miller | Mick Murphy
Paul Smith | Bob Davidson
