The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX60231 Private Albert George Hopkins, 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 Hopkins, aged 33, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 10 April 1945. He was the son of William Edwards Hopkins and Christina Elizabeth Hopkins, of Queanbeyan, 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.)
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX65027 Private Walter James Carson, 2/10th Ordnance Workshop, Australian Corps of Electrical & Mechanical Engineers. He was one of over 2000 Allied pr
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX34224 Private Roland Victor Davis, 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 NX30197 Private Sidney Sherwood, 2/18th 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 NX32241 Private Edward Clive Alexander, 2/19th Battalion Australian Infantry, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX60504 Corporal James Henry McConville, 8th Divisional Provost Company, Australian Army Provost Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX10826 Private John Robert James, 2/19th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan PO
