Petagas Memorial Garden and War Cemetery

(Malaysia - Kota Kinabalu)

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On 21 January 1944, 176 members of the resistance-group Kinabalu Guerrillas were massacred and buried at Petagas. The remaining 131 were sent to camps in Labuan.

In 1948, the remains of the 122 members of the resistance-group who perished in the camps in Labuan were brought to Petagas and buried next to their comrades. The burial site is now called the Petagas Memorial Garden.

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Fedor de Vries

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Jalan Kepayan Kota Kinabalu

WWII grade:

100%

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60%

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