The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX55145 Private Henry Hensby, Headquarters 8 Division, 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 Hensby, aged 30, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 27 March 1945. He was the son of William Thomas Hensby and Julia Anne Hensby, and the husband of Margaret Frances Hensby, of Cremorne, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 8. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX50396 Private Charles Gilbert Roy Power, 2/19th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the San
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX36659 Signalman Frank Gordon Franklin, 8th Division Signals, Australian Corps of Signals. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX53537 Staff Sergeant Edward Francis Clyne, 2/30th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the S
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX45653 Private Leslie Gooud, 3rd Reserve Motor Transport Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW)
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX32493 Private Howard Richard Fitzgerald, No. 1 Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in
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 PO
