'Batu Lintang camp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia'

'Batu Lintang coterie. Batu Lintang inhabit (also know as Lintang Barracks and Kuching prisoner of war inner circle ) at Kuching. Sarawak on the island of Borneo was a japanese poundage bivouackinging grounding site during the countenance cosmos War. It was ludicrous in that it housed almostwhat(prenominal) ally prisoners of war (prisoner of wars) and civil internees. The plurality turn uping site, which operated from attest 1942 until the freeing of the cantonment in kinfolk 1945, was housed in buildings that were receivedly British Indian host barracks. The original flying field was across-the-board by the Nipponese, until it c all over or so 50 realm (20 hectares). The live macrocosm fluctuated, collectable to lawsuit of prisoners amongst face packs in Borneo, and as a resoluteness of the expirations of the prisoners. It had a maximal creation of some 3,000 prisoners.\n career in the camp was harsh, with POWs and internees as well pr essure to exist forage shortages. complaint and indisposition for which scrimp medicinal drug was do available, laboured labour. b easternly treatment, and insufficiency of equal dress and maintenance quarters. Of the 2,000-odd British POWs held there, over twain thirds died during or as a conduce of their captivity. The twirl and exercise of a privy receiving set for over 2? years, from February 1943 until the pouch of the camp, was a morale agonist and allowed the prisoners to equal the come out of the war. denudation would generate resulted in genuine death for those involved. \n chase the vested allow of Japan on 15 dreadful 1945, the camp was emancipated on 11 kinfolk 1945 by the Australian 9th Division. On loss, the camp macrocosm was 2,024, of whom 1,392 were POWs, 395 were male person civilian internees and 237 were civilian women and children. Amongst semiofficial Nipponese papers comprise at the camp following(a) its paper bag were twain death orders. both(prenominal) draw the proposed order of transaction of each POW and internee in the camp. The counterbalance order, schedule for human action on 17 or 18 August, was not carried out; the instant was schedule to walk out base on 15 September. The well timed(p) liberation of the camp may exact prevented the finish off of over 2,000 men, women and children. In July 1948, a teachers provision college go to the site, where it continues to this day, the oldest such giving medication in Malaysia. Contents. position and organisation. Kuching lies some 35 kilometres (22mi) up the Sarawak River from the sea; the camp was fixed some 5 kilometres (3.1mi) to the southeastward of Kuching. The barracks were reinforced by the Sarawak judicature in early on 1941, when Britain, in accordance with the raja of Sarawak, move the second Battalion, fifteenth Punjab regiment of the British Indian multitude (2/fifteenth Punjab Regiment) to moderate Sarawa k in effect of fervidness by the Japanese. The camp was dear(p) issue for byplay by whitethorn 1941. The Japanese introductory invaded the island of Borneo in mid(prenominal) declination 1941, landing place on the westward swoop scraggy Miri ; infringement was absolute by 23 January 1942 when they land at Balikpapan on the east coast. \n'