The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX18800 Lance Corporal Colin Edward Ewers, 8th Division Postal Unit, Australian Army Ordnance 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. Lance Corporal Ewers, aged 22, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 17 May 1945. He was the son of Arthur Samuel Lewis Ewers and Hannah Ewers, of Mackay, Qld. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 27. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX18786 Private Verdun Richard Kinnon, 8th Division Postal Unit, Australian Army Postal Service. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW)
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX18815 Private Mervyn Cecil Cowley, 8th Division Postal Unit, Australian Army Postal Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX18776 Gunner Allen Robert Bovey, 2/15th 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 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
Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX15180 Lance Bombardier Victor Pascoe Leinster, 2/10th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) he
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX17149 Lance Corporal John Valentine Kealey, No. 2 Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held
