The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX50946 Private George Allan McEwen, 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 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 McEwen, aged 38, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 1 June 1945. He was the son of George Busby McEwen and Esther McEwen. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 11. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX7933 Private Leo Bernard Allan, 2/26th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX46184 Private Edmund George Noonan, 2/10th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX55773 Private Horace Norman Hansell, 2/3rd Motor Ambulance, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX67672 Private James William Armstrong, 17th Dental Unit, Australian Army Dental Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in
Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX45810 Private Thomas Cyril Lethbridge, 2/10th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps, of West Maitland, NSW. He was one of over 2000 Allied prison
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX36464 Private Victor John Fry, 2/29th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW
