Sandakan War Monument Explained

Monument Name:	Sandakan War Monument
Native Name:	Tugu Peringatan Perang Sandakan
Location:	Sandakan
Type:	Stele
Dedicated To:	Commemorates the town citizens who died during the Second World War
Coordinates:	5.8405°N 118.1164°W

The Sandakan War Monument (Malay: Tugu Peringatan Perang Sandakan) is a monument established by the British located in the town of Sandakan, Malaysia, to commemorates the town citizens who died during the Second World War. The monument is part of the Sandakan Heritage Trails, a "Heritage Trail" which connects every historic sights of Sandakan.

Description

The monument exists in two versions. The original, a stele of marble is outside the old courthouse (Sandakan High Court). It bears an inscription in Chinese (front) and English (rear). The English inscription reads:

This Site
Is Set Apart
For
A
Memorial
In Honour Of
Those Citizens
Of This Town
Who
By Reason Of Their
Loyalty
Lost Their Lives
During The
Japanese Occupation

Unveiled on
By
His Excellency
The Rt. Hon. Malcolm MacDonald
P.C.
Governor-General Of Malaya
And
British Borneo

While the new version is located only a few dozen metres away on the MPS Square.^[1] The metal plate on this replica is provided with an identical inscription.

References

Web site: MPS Square. Chey Vun Khen. New Sabah Times. 28 December 2008. 28 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20101126214304/http://www.newsabahtimes.com.my/insite/insite_display/1390. 26 November 2010. dead.