By the end of February 1965, 96 of the 128 Indonesian volunteers had been killed or captured, around 20 successfully retreated to Indonesia, and 12 remained at large.
Tawau residents and their community chief with sitting right in the Cowie Harbour of Tawau, circa 1885.
In December 1963, Tawau was bombed twice by Indonesia and shootings occurred across the Tawau- international border.