Petagas War Memorial

Taman Peringatan Perang Petagas

Quiet park for victims of the 1944 Jesselton revolt

Tickets

Free

Address

Kampung Peringatan Petagas, Putatan, near the airport

In January 1944 people who had risen against the Japanese occupation were executed here, and the ground is now a park. Inside a white fence, an 80-metre path under trees leads to a monument clad in metal plates on all four sides. The plates tell the story in Malay, Chinese and English and list the names of the dead. There is nothing flashy; it is a quiet place to read about what Sabah went through in the war.