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Most died from disease, injuries and malnutrition; the greatest number died on the Thai-Burma railway and its aftermath.

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How were Australian prisoners treated compared to the prisoners generally treated in Japanese POW camps?

Australian POWs were treated as appallingly as other whites in Japanese camps. They were used as slave labour.


Were other people killed along side with the Jews?

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