The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX20419 Sapper Frederick Archibald Carley, 2/12th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW camp in north Borneo, having been transferred there from Singapore as a part of B Force. The 1494 POW's that made up B Force, were transported from Changi on 7 July 1942 on board the tramp ship Ubi Maru, arriving in Sandakan Harbour on 18 July 1942. Sapper Carley, aged 28, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 13 June 1945. He was the son of Stephen and Emily Jane Carley, of Punchbowl, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 6. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
1939-45 Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details. Service medal awarded posthumously to NX20419 Sapper Frederick Archibald Carley, 2/12th Field Company, Australian Engineers. Born in Kent, E
British War Medal 1939-45. Impressed around edge with recipient's details. Service medal awarded posthumously to NX20419 Sapper Frederick Archibald Carley, 2/12th Field Company, Australian Engineers
Pacific Star. Impressed reverse with recipient's details. Service medal awarded posthumously to NX20419 Sapper Frederick Archibald Carley, 2/12th Field Company, Australian Engineers. Born in Kent, E
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details. Service medal awarded posthumously to NX20419 Sapper Frederick Archibald Carley, 2/12th Field Company, Australian Engineers.
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX38312 Private John Stephen Hobbs, 2/18th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan P
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX1719 Private Ronald Alton Patterson, Headquarters 8th Division, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in th
