The Kinabalu Park, Malaysia’s first World Heritage Site and the Kundasang War Memorial were established as tribute to the memory of the 2,428 Australians and British POWs who died in Sandakan, Ranau or on the Death Marches.
Major G.S ‘Toby’ Carter, a New Zealander who served in the Royal Australian Engineers and organised native resistance in the Kelabit Highlands of Sarawak during the War initiated the establishment of the Memorial and the Park.
Designed by resident architect, J.C. Robinson the Memorial stands on a hill, like a fort. Within, there are four beautiful Gardens specially built to represent the homelands of those who died in the Death Marches and the locals who risked their lives to help the POWs.
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