The 80th anniversary of the Cowra Breakout, one of the most significant events in Australia's wartime history, is being commemorated this weekend with a series of solemn and reflective events in Cowra.
In the early hours of August 5, 1944, more than 1000 Japanese prisoners of war launched a daring escape from the No.12 Prisoner of War Compound near Cowra. The breakout resulted in the deaths of fo...
