Cowra is steeped in rich history and heritage, with much of the town’s legacy starting at the Cowra Prisoner of War (POW) Camp site. At 1:50am on the 5th of August 1944, over 1000 Japanese prisoners launched a mass escape from the Cowra Prisoner of War Camp. It was the largest prisoner of war breakout in modern military history. 231 Japanese.. Cowra breakout, (August 5, 1944), mass escape by nearly 400 Japanese prisoners of war from a prison camp in Cowra, New South Wales, Australia. It was the largest prison break staged during World War II. The town of Cowra in east-central New South Wales was the site of one of the largest prisoner of war (POW) camps established in Australia.
Display and Information signs at Cowra Prisoner of War and Internment Camp, Cowra NSW Australia
COWRA, NSW. 19440207. ITALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE 12TH AUSTRALIAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP
War 19391945. Camp 12c. Cowra. Japanese POW. Date 11/1944 Copyright ICRC ARCHIVES (ARR)
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The Cowra Prisoner of War Camp site, operating 1941-1947, is significant as one component of a national body of evidence which documents one of the most profound physical impacts of WWII on Australian soil, being part of a nationwide system of POW confinement and enemy alien containment. The POW Camp site, constructed to house largely Italian.. The Cowra Prisoner of War Camp site is listed as one of the top Heritage sites in NSW. In 1944 over 1000 Japanese POW staged a mass breakout that was the biggest in British and Australian War History. 231 Japanese POW lost their lives and 4 Australians also died during the breakout. Today a walking trail goes through the camp ruins and a scale.
