![]() Whilst the exports of some goods, such as tobacco and timber, decreased, the coal trade flourished due to heavy demand. The lack of shipping did make it difficult to obtain foodstuffs, notably rice, but any serious shortage was avoided thanks to the assistance of the Strait Settlements ( CO 531/12). North Borneo wasn’t much affected by the war. Between June 1915 and July 1919, £29,923 was collected through the North Borneo War Relief Fund ( CO 531/13). ![]() Like other colonies, British North Borneo contributed to various war charities. North Borneo’s contribution to the war effort was acknowledged at the end of the war by the awarding of the order of St Michael and St George to the Governor, Aylmer Cavendish Pearson ( CO 855/33). Government officers joined the active service, and volunteers from the Railway Department enrolled for service in Mesopotamia ( CO 531/11). It was mobilised six times over the course of the war: four times on the west coast, and twice in the harbour of Sandakan, which was used as a base for torpedo-boat destroyers ( CO 531/12). Service in this force was compulsory for all male British subjects, who could go on active service, join the reserve or enrol in the civil guard ( CO 531/8). Town guards were enrolled when war broke out, and were incorporated in the British North Borneo Volunteer Rifles in 1915. CO 1069/542 (5)Īt the outbreak of war, the defence force of North Borneo consisted of an armed constabulary made up of 824 men ( CO 874/357). Officers of the British North Borneo Company in Sandakan, 1914-1918.
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