The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX17043 Private Eric Alexander Cochrane, 2nd 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 Cochrane, aged 40, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 6 October 1944. He was the son of David Polock Cochrane and Mary Cochrane, of Brisbane, Qld. He is buried in the Labuan Cemetery Section N, Row A, Plot 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 QX14716 Private Fergus James Mackay, 2/26th Infantry Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX72757 Private Thomas Burns, 2/20th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW cam
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX40023 Private Eric Arthur Abbott, General Base Depot. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW camp in north Bo
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX17462 Private Egbert Harry Gower, 2nd Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sanda
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX9864 Lieutenant Peter Stewart, 2/26th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX38423 Private Eric Morgan, 2/10th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the S
