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Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX14777 Private James Alexander Lang, No. 2 Company, Australian Army Service 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 Lang, aged 36, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 7 February 1945. He was the son of John and Marion Lang, and the husband of Elsie May Lang, of Wilston, Qld. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 23. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX14352 Corporal Robert John Charlton, No. 1 Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX54292 Private Robert Aubrey McCormack, 2/20th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sanda
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX12915 Private Francis Joseph Jones, 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 QX14769 Private Harold Gode, 2/26th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW camp
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX17837 Private Charles Edward Hutchison, No. 2 Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in t
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX18658 Private William Cooke, 2/26th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW ca
