The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX18216 Gunner James Edward Currey, 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. Gunner Currey, aged 27, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 18 December 1944. He was the son of Edward John and Gladys Currey, of Injune, Qld. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 2. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX10200 Gunner William John Currey, 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 QX17167 Gunner Robert Edward Jillett, 2/10th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX9629 Gunner Edward William Wiseman, 22nd Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshop, Australian Army Ordnance Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX33792 Gunner Edward Allan Noel Hamilton Kirby, 2/15th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (PO
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX16924 Gunner Stanley Joseph Lupton, 2/10th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX9364 Gunner Leonard Burnett Clarke, 2/10th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in
