Australian history and Australians at war in the Far East have been the passion of Sydney-based author Lynette Ramsay Silver for more than 20 years. Lynette, who has published a great deal of her research, has amassed comprehensive archival material on all her specialised subjects, particularly information on the fate of many hundreds of Allied soldiers and prisoners of war who died in Borneo (Sabah) in the Sandakan and Ranau POW Camps, and on one of the infamous death marches. Using data not readily available to the general public. Lynette is able to provide replicas of POW Death Records as well as other relevant information.

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In 2003, she established a fund to install huge stained glass windows in the historic church of St Michael and All Angels, Sandakan, where many POWs spent the night before being marched to their camp and, ultimately, death. Dedicated in April 2005, The Windows of Remembrance are a memorial to the Australian and British prisoners who died and a thanksgiving to the people of Sabah who risked, and gave, their lives to help them. Stage 2 of the project, to install The Friendship  Windows over the north and south doors, has been completed, with a Service of Dedication on 24 April 2008.  For details on the Windows, as well as information regarding the Sandakan Memorial Scholarship Scheme and Parit Sulong Memorial, see Special Projects.

Lynette is currently compiling a non-fiction book related to Borneo during World War 2, and escorting groups along The Sandakan Track, which follows the original the death march route, with Sabah’s leading trekking specialist (see www.sandakan-deathmarch.com ).

Click on each of the 5 images below to read the article "Death Marched beside them" that appeared in The Bulletin dated 25 April, 2006.