The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX20431 Gunner Arthur George Ellis, 2/15th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. 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 E Force. The 500 Australian and 500 British POW's who made up E Force, left Changi on 28 March 1943, on board the S.S. DeKlerk arriving at Berhala Island (adjacent to Sandakan Harbour) on 15 April 1943. The POW's were held there until 5 June, when they were taken by barge to Sandakan. The next day they were transferred to the 8 Mile Camp, which was about half a mile from the B Force compound. Gunner Ellis, aged 38, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 15 February 1945. He was the son of Alfred George and Mabel Ellis, and the husband of Constance Ellis, of Campsie, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 4. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX37653 Gunner Basil George Tennyson, 4th Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX9563 Gunner Jack William Light, 2/10th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the
SA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX65780 Gunner Kenneth George Perry, 2/15th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in th
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX21956 Gunner Robert Bernard Collins, 2/10th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX67741 Sergeant Colin George Smyth, 2/10th Australian General Hospital, Australian Army Medical Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX34092 Private Henry Frank Chisholm, 2/20th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan
