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Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX15677 Sergeant Walter John Hancock, 2/29th Infantry 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. Sergeant Hancock, aged 42, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 15 August 1945. He was the son of Albert and Clara Hancock, of Ballarat, Vic. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 15. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX35647 Private Bertie George Sawford, 2/29th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandaka
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX44447 Private Robert Andrew Shipsides, 2/29th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sanda
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX39217 Sergeant Robert Royston Davidson, 2/29th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sand
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX63967 Private Samuel James Weir, 2/29th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan PO
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX56527 Private Horatio Carter Bennett, 2/29th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandak
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX31855 Lance Sergeant William Lindsley I'Anson, 2/29th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in t
