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NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX67672 Private James William Armstrong, 17th Dental Unit, Australian Army Dental Corps. 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 Armstrong, aged 24, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 12 July 1945. He was the son of James William and Esther Sarah Mary Armstrong, of Mayfield, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 27. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX59184 Private Reginald Walter Armstrong, 2/10th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW)
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX40678 Private Charles William Hogbin, 2/18th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandak
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX34442 Private Patrick James Clyne, 2/30th 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 NX46432 Private Jacob Sydney Mildenhall, No. 2 Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in th
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX54321 Private Eric Dowling, No. 2 Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX57737 Private Arthur William Law, 2/10th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held i
