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Dennis Burns

@dwb55

History, esp. the military history of the South West Pacific. Always learning. New Guinea born.

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4 years ago

@Sikh brothers, Naik Sohan Singh Nahar & Naik Surat Singh; POWs for 3½ years (captured in Singapore). They escaped into the Borneo jungle with 13 other Indians to try to contact the advancing Australian 9th Div. After 3 weeks they finally reached the 2/13th Aust. Bn in July 1945.

@Sikh brothers, Naik Sohan Singh Nahar & Naik Surat Singh; POWs for 3½ years (captured in Singapore). They escaped into the Borneo jungle with 13 other Indians to try to contact the advancing Australian 9th Div. After 3 weeks they finally reached the 2/13th Aust. Bn in July 1945.