The ghosts of the Cowra break out

By Stephanie Gardiner
Updated August 7 2022 - 9:33am, first published 9:30am
Hundreds of Japanese soldiers escaped from the Cowra POW camp on August 5, 1944. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO)
Hundreds of Japanese soldiers escaped from the Cowra POW camp on August 5, 1944. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO)

Soldier Tom Hancock put on a clean uniform, kissed his wife Hattie goodbye and prepared to spend a wintry night on patrol.

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