The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX52439 Private Claude Anthony Gilligan, 2/20th 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. Private Gilligan, aged 34, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 22nd May 1945. He was the son of James Gilligan and Maud Eliza Gilligan, of Coonamble, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 14. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
Informal portrait of NX52439 Private (Pte) Claude Anthony Gilligan, 2/20 Battalion, of Coonamble, NSW. He was a butcher prior to enlisting in June 1940. Pte Gilligan arrived with his unit in Singapor
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX61991 Craftsman Graham Charles Garner, 2/10th Ordnance Workshop, Australian Corps of Electrical & Mechanical Engineers. He was one of over 2000 Allie
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX34074 Private Mervyn Colin Bell, 2/20th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan PO
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX35656 Private Hugh Foster Spencer, 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 NX55165 Private Joseph Anthony Steel, 2/20th 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 NX28362 Gunner William Thompson, 2/15th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the S
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX56161 Private Keith Charles Griffin, 2/20th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandaka
