Escape from Borneo: A Report
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THE SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL |
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Title :
Escape from Borneo: A Report. |
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Author :
H.P.K. Jacks |
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Abstract:
An Epic Journey It is well known that the Japanese invaded Borneo during the second world war but the history of many of the events that took place are sparse and difficult to come by. It therefore gives me great pleasure in being in a position to be able to publish, perhaps for the first time,a report written by Philip Jacks of his escape from Sarawak to Australia via Indonesian Borneo. I joined the Colonial Engineering Service in 1954, my first posting being to Kuching, the capital of Sarawak as an Assistant Controller in the Posts & Telegraphs Department. It was quite a cultural shock after leaving a post in a development laboratory of a large telecommunications company in the United Kingdom. The telecommunication infra-structure in Sarawak at that time was more or less as the Japanese had left it when hostilities ended. In fact, my first job was to re-habilitate the transmitter in Kuching used for communicating with Straits Steamship vessels plying to and fro between Singapore and Kuching. It was an interesting task rooting around for bits and pieces left behind by the Japanese.
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| DOI: XXXX |
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How to cite:
H.P.K. Jacks. (2005). Escape from Borneo: A Report. The Sarawak Museum Journal, LXI (82) : 229-246 |
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