P02467.736 Accession Number: P02467.736

Description

NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX57811 Private Ronald Phillip Mulligan, 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 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 Mulligan, aged 24, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 21 February 1945. He was the son of Bernard and Elizabeth Ann Mulligan, of Booker Bay, 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.)

Details

Accession Number
P02467.736
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

People

Rolls

Conflicts

Units

Tags

Accession P02467.736

Part of collection:

More like this

P02467.107

Photograph P02467.107 Second World War, 1939-1945

NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX21899 Private Arthur Ernest Bayley, 2/20th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan

P02467.495

Photograph P02467.495 Second World War, 1939-1945

NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX45522 Private Thomas Stanley Cooper, 2/20th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandaka

P02467.780

Photograph P02467.780 Second World War, 1939-1945

NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX65268 Private Phillip Ley, Headquarters 22nd Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held

P02468.653

Photograph P02468.653 Second World War, 1939-1945

WA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of WX5339 Sapper Bernard Rowley, 2/6th Field Park Company, Royal Australian Engineers. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sa

P02467.053

Photograph P02467.053 Second World War, 1939-1945

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

P02467.772

Photograph P02467.772 Second World War, 1939-1945

NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX60143 Private Harry Bernard Longley, 2/29th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandaka

See more similar items →

Record information

Last modified: 1 May 2023 - 2.36 am