The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX66388 Sapper Frederick John Beaumont, 2/12th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers. 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. Sapper Beaumont, aged 37, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 10 March 1945. He was the son of Walter Henry and Martha Nellie Beaumont. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 6. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX61050 Sapper James O'Connell, 2/10th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the San
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX5763 Sapper John George Pope, 2/12th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the San
WA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of WX8008 Sapper Henry Walter Thurston, 2/6th Field Park Company, Royal Australian Engineers. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in
SA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of SX8097 Sapper Clarence Albert Leedham, 2/10th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in t
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX53515 Sapper Frederick George Wesley Fletcher, 2/12th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX38351 Sapper William Harold Redman, 2/12th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in t
