''Six from Borneo'' is a 1947 Australian documentary radio feature about the six survivors of the

Sandakan Death Marches The Sandakan Death Marches were a series of forced marches in Borneo from Sandakan to Ranau which resulted in the deaths of 2,434 Allied prisoners of war held captive by the Empire of Japan during the Pacific campaign of World War II at the ...

. It was made by the ABC in conjunction with the BBC. The six survivors: *W/O W. H. Stiepewich *ex-Bombardier Richard Braithwaite *ex-Gunner Owen Campbell *ex-Pte. William Moxham *ex- Private Keith Botterill *ex-Pte. Nelson Short The ABC sent a unit to North Borneo including journalist Colin Simpson to write it and William MacFarlane to record it. They walked 185 miles in the interior of North Borneo, retracing stretches of the death march tracks. According to ''The Age'' "Recent protests by members of Federal Parliament against release of the broadcast were justified by the terrible detail in which the death march was described. It must have been distressing to the relatives of the men." However, generally the broadcast was highly acclaimed. The documentary was later published in book form.

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{{reflist 1940s Australian radio programs Sandakan Death Marches