P02467.974 Accession Number: P02467.974

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Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX9284 Gunner Arthur Knight Winks, 2/10th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. 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. Gunner Winks, aged 41, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 7 July 1945. He was the son of Eaton and Ada Emily Winks, and the husband of Elwyn Elizabeth Winks, of Wynnum, Qld. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 3. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)

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Accession Number
P02467.974
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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