P02467.939 Accession Number: P02467.939

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NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX78033 Private Cyril Mervyn Maurice Ghananburgh (served as C. M. Maurice), 2/29th 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 Ghananburgh, aged 22, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 7 June 1945. He was the son of Cyril Wilson Ghananburgh and Emily Muriel Adele Ghananburgh, of Erskineville, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 17. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)

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Accession Number
P02467.939
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

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