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NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX56129 Private Douglas Merrett Neale, 2/19th 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 Neale, aged 26, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 9 March 1945. He was the son of Harry Clifford Neale and Jessie Myra Neale, of Penrith, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 12. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
WA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of WX9260 Private Stanley Edward Neale, 88th Light Aid Detachment, Australian Army Ordnance Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) he
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX6638 Private Harold Edward Roberts, 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 NX32012 Corporal Henry Theodore Hives Stewart, 2/20th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the
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
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX47920 Sergeant William John Vaughan, 8th Division Signals, Australian Corps of Signals. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX61527 Corporal Bryce Sheppard Bird, 2/10th Ordnance Workshop, Australian Corps of Electrical & Mechanical Engineers. He was one of over 2000 Allied p
