The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX19741 Private Stanley Archibald Simpson, 2/3rd Ordnance Store Company, 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. Private Simpson, aged 25, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 24 March 1945. He was the son of Walter Russel Simpson and Sarah Harriet Simpson, of Cardwell, Qld. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 28. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX12044 Private Reginald George Hyett, 2/3rd Ordnance Store Company, Australian Army Ordnance Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (P
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX64633 Private Robert Lindsay Merritt, 22nd Brigade Group Ordnance Workshop, Australian Army Ordnance Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX36899 Private Leonard Victor Schutt, 22nd Independenet Brigade Group Ordnance Workshop, Australian Army Ordnance Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allie
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX58602 Private Robert George Learmonth, 22nd Brigade Ordnance Field Park, Australian Army Ordnance Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of
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
SA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of SX12031 Private Albert Schiphorst, 27th Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshop, Australian Army Ordnance Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied pris
