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NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX25571 Sergeant William Baird McDonald, 2/18th 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 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. Sergeant McDonald, aged 44, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 13 August 1945. He was the son of Andrew and Sarah Ann McDonald, and the husband of Elizabeth Margaret McDonald, of Armidale, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 9. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX49756 Private Charles Henry McDonald, 2/18th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandak
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX36810 Private Herman Andrew Joshua Kemp, 3rd Reserve Motor Transport Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX26819 Private Gordon Archibald Smith, 2/19th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandak
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX27476 Private Harold Charles Harper, 2/18th 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 NX50257 Private Alexander James Justice, 2/19th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sanda
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX30686 Signalman Clarence Aubery Hawkins, 8th Division Signals, Australian Corps of Signals. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) hel