The Cowra Breakout
1985 1 Season 5.7Series
In August 1944, 1104 Japanese prisoners of war at the Australian POW camp at Cowra stage a mass breakout. Four guards are killed in the escape, and 231 prisoners die by wounds sustained or suicide, while 334 prisoners are recaptured over the subsequent nine days.
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Alan David Lee
Stan Davidson · 4 eps
Tracy Mann
Sally Murphy · 4 eps
Dennis Miller
Mick Murphy · 4 eps
Paul Smith
Bob Davidson · 4 eps
Andrew Lloyde
Lieutenant MacDonald · 4 eps
Junichi Ishida
Junji Hayashi · 4 eps
Kazuhiro Muroyama
Komatsu · 4 eps
Sokyu Fujita
Minami · 4 eps
Tony Barry
Sergeant Best · 4 eps
Peter Phelps
Terry Moyes · 4 eps
Nique Needles
Stinky Smith · 4 eps
Peter Hehir
Padre · 4 eps
