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Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX18659 Private William Christiansen, 2/26th 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. Private Christiansen, aged 37, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 7 June 1945. He was the son of Rasmus and Mary Elizabeth Christiansen, of Mackay, Qld. 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.)
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
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX13101 Private Gordon Keith Barber, 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 QX8463 Private Alfred James Cook, 2/26th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX11408 Private Cecil Ernest Isbel, 2/26th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan P
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX12559 Private Edward Richard Griffiths, 2/26th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sand
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX13139 Private Gordon Francis DeCosta, 2/26th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandak
