P02467.936 Accession Number: P02467.936

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Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX76184 Captain George Robin Cook, General Base Depot, Malaya. 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. Captain Cook, aged 38, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 27 August 1945. He was the son of Charles Henry and Ellen Elizabeth Cook, and the husband of Ruby Alice Cook, of Mittagong, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 8.

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Accession Number
P02467.936
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
Unknown
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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