The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX20743 Private Roy Edward Turner, 2/29th Battalion, Australian Infantry. 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. Private Turner, aged 26, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 25 January 1945. He was the son of Thomas Edward and Henrietta Turner, and the husband of Lilian Margaret Turner, of West Ryde, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 17. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX46536 Private Leslie Cox, 2/29th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW camp
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX17837 Private Charles Edward Hutchison, No. 2 Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in t
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX51926 Sergeant Walter Edward Mitchell, 8th Divisional Provost Company, Australian Army Provost Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX35848 Corporal Ernest Henry Turner, 2/19th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX50287 Private Alan Edward Le Clercq, 2/30th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandaka
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX10841 Private Edward Horace Fox, 2/10th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in
