Secret Australian heroes of Borneo Prisoner of War camp | 60 Minutes Australia

Sixty years ago the war in the Pacific was coming to an end. And as the imperial Japanese army retreated its atrocities were revealed. The death camps of Changi and the Burma railway shocked the Australian public. But there was another place, a place so barbaric, so terrible that the Australian Government decided it had to be kept secret from the public. A place called Sandakan. In this Japanese POW camp on the island of Borneo, the Australian death toll was near 100%. Yet only recently have the families of the men who died there learned the truth - a quite extraordinary story of horror and heroism. Subscribe here: http://9Soci.al/chmP50wA97J Full Episodes here http://9Soci.al/sImy50wNiXL WATCH more of 60 Minutes Australia: https://www.60minutes.com.au LIKE 60 Minutes Australia on Facebook:   / 60minutes9   FOLLOW 60 Minutes Australia on Twitter:   / 60mins   FOLLOW 60 Minutes Australia on Instagram:   / 60minutes9   For forty years, 60 Minutes have been telling Australians the world’s greatest stories. Tales that changed history, our nation and our lives. Reporters Liz Hayes, Allison Langdon, Tara Brown, Charles Wooley, Liam Bartlett and Sarah Abo look past the headlines because there is always a bigger picture. Sundays are for 60 Minutes. #60MinutesAustralia