The Cowra Breakout occurred on 5 August 1944, when 1,104 Japanese prisoners of war attempted to escape from a prisoner of war camp near Cowra, in New...

The Cowra Breakout is a 1984 Australian mini series based on the Cowra breakout, focusing on the friendship between an Australian soldier and Japanese...

to commemorate the breakout, involving local school students, council members, local dignitaries and guest Japanese visitors. Cowra has a number of heritage-listed...

rural New South Wales, Toyoshima was one of the instigators of the Cowra breakout, sounding a bugle to signal the commencement of the escape, and died...

miniseries for Australian television including The Dismissal (1983) and The Cowra Breakout (1984). In 1987, Miller directed The Witches of Eastwick, starring Jack...

showed during the Cowra breakout, on 5 August 1944, when Japanese prisoners of war staged a mass escape from a prisoner-of-war camp at Cowra, New South Wales...

in 1981. He co-wrote and co-directed the Australian mini-series The Cowra Breakout, wrote and directed five episodes of the mini-series, Vietnam, and made...

Excluded are shootings associated with acts of war, such as the 1944 Cowra breakout, which saw over 200 soldiers killed. Also excluded are massacres of...

to 1944. It was the location of the infamous Cowra breakout in 1944. The property is owned by the Cowra Shire Council. It was added to the New South Wales...

(1983), the seven-part series Bodyline (1984), the six-part series The Cowra Breakout (1984), the ten-part series Vietnam (1987) with Nicole Kidman, the three-part...

last survivor of the Cowra Breakout". "'I wanted to die': Last survivor of Australia's biggest prison breakout returns to Cowra". Special Broadcasting...

television programmes in both Australia and North America, including The Cowra Breakout, Vietnam, Revenge, Roots and Netflix's What/If. Noyce's work has won...

awarded the George Cross for manning a Vickers machine gun during the Cowra breakout, a mass escape by Japanese prisoners of war in central New South Wales...

Japanese prisoners of war staged an escape attempt on 5 August 1944 in Cowra, New South Wales. Jones was born in Gorleston, Norfolk, England, and educated...

Year Title Role Notes 1984 The Cowra Breakout Blackjack Devereaux Miniseries 1997–1998 ReBoot Ray Tracer Voice, 7 episodes 2001 The Wild Thornberrys Park...

Bodyline (1984), a miniseries produced for Network 10 Australia The Cowra Breakout (1985), a miniseries produced for Network 10 Australia Vietnam (1987)...

Lee's television and film credits include Prisoner, Special Squad, The Cowra Breakout, Murder Call, All Saints, Water Rats, Blue Heelers, McLeod's Daughters...

Heartbreak High and Rafferty's Rules. He appeared in the TV mini-series The Cowra Breakout (1984), A Waltz Through the Hills (1987), (for which he won an AFI Award...

Dismissal (1983) (TV mini-series) Bodyline (1984) (TV mini-series) The Cowra Breakout (1984) (TV mini-series) - producer only Vietnam (1987) (TV mini-series)...

"The Raj Quartet." 1985 1985 Australia The Cowra Breakout Semi-fictional mini-series about the Cowra breakout, August 1944 1985 1985 Italy Mussolini: The...

battalion, he was posted to Cowra as part of the prisoner of war camp garrison which had been reinforced after the Cowra breakout on 5 August 1944. He was...

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and would both be there until the camp’s closure. Christopher Hutton Cowra breakout—at least 545 Japanese POWs escaped Hogan's Heroes, WW II-setting television...

The Coca-Cola Kid (1985) The Coolangatta Gold (1984) Cosi (1996) The Cowra Breakout (1985) Crackerjack (2002) Crackers (1998) The Craic (1999) Crawl (2011)...

(1988) Fragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer (1988) Miniseries The Cowra Breakout (1984) Bodyline (1984) (Executive producer) Vietnam (1987) Bangkok Hilton...

who meets an escaped Japanese POW. The story is partly based on the Cowra breakout of 1944. The film was the debut feature from Brad Haynes. Reviewing...

be re-buried at Cowra, which already featured a cemetery for the remains of 231 Japanese soldiers killed during the 1944 Cowra breakout from the nearby...

notable examples included The Dismissal, Bodyline, Eureka Stockade, The Cowra Breakout, Vietnam, and Brides of Christ. The narratives of these miniseries often...

extermination camp uprising 1943 Janowska concentration camp riot 1944 Cowra breakout 1946 Battle of Alcatraz 1953 Norilsk uprising 1953 Vorkuta uprising...

of Cowra in New South Wales, Australia, was the site of one of the largest prison escapes of the war, on 5 August 1944. During the Cowra breakout and...