Bill Beard's last message to his sister June was a note scrawled in the notorious Jap
anese POW camp, acknowledging his birthday. He died a month before the end of the war.
Prisoner of war's sister urges Australians to remember horrors of Sandakan
Bill Beard's last message to his sister June was a note scrawled in the notorious Japanese POW camp, acknowledging his birthday. He died a month before the end of the war.
By Dhallo News · September 8, 2026 at 10:46 AM IST
SOURCE: ABC News AU - Int'l 2
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