The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX12091 Gunner John Francis Purtill, 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 Purtill, aged 28, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 20 April 1945. He was the son of Stephen and Mary Ann Purtill, of Ravensbourne, 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.)
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX15450 Gunner Basil Peter Humbler, 2/10th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in th
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX18446 Private Jack Osborn Etheridge, 2/19th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandaka
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX15178 Private Cecil George Langton, 2/26th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX19181 Private Clifford Iles, 2/26th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW ca
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX8386 Gunner Robert Boyd, 2/10th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandaka
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX10094 Gunner Francis Sinnamon, 2/10th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the S
