Kota Kinabalu: The Office of Australian War Graves has officially recognised the Last Campsite Death March Memorial at scenic Pialungan five miles (8.3km) south of Ranau which was unveiled on 27 August.
"I am very excited and very pleased," Lynette Silver said.
"It is good to know that the Australian Government is publicly supportive," she said.
"With the official recognition we now qualify for a grant. I'll apply for a special grant scheme operated by the Australian Government through the Office of Australian War Graves to enhance and improve whatever we want at the site," said Lynette, who has spent 16 years researching the Death March.
She managed to finally trace the landowners of the Last Camp Site to Dr Othman Minudin and wife Dr Lungkiam in February 2008, through the determined efforts of famed trekker Tham Yau Kong.
"Hopefully, we'll get good funding to put up the Information Pavilion which will house information boards and artifacts dug up at the campsite and a place (accommodation) for a full-time caretaker," she said.
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