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Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX17342 Lance Bombardier William John Gannon, 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 E Force. The 500 Australian and 500 British POW's who made up E Force, left Changi on 28 March 1943, on board the S.S. DeKlerk arriving at Berhala Island (adjacent to Sandakan Harbour) on 15 April 1943. The POW's were held there until 5 June, when they were taken by barge to Sandakan. The next day they were transferred to the 8 Mile Camp, which was about half a mile from the B Force compound. Lance Bombardier Gannon, aged 26, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 17 June 1945. He was the son of William George and Olivia Amanda Gannon, of Nundah, Qld. He is buried in the Labuan Cemetery Section 7, Row A, Plot 5. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX12221 Lance Bombardier James Edward Tierney, 2/10th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW)
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX17071 Lance Bombardier Charles Bayntun Starky, 2/10th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (PO
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX13176 Gunner Lance William Colls, 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 QX10144 Bombardier Kevin McCorley, 2/10th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX14230 Bombardier Leonard Mark Victorsen, 2/10th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) hel
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX9899 Lance Sergeant Arthur Roy Carlson, 2/10th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held
