The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX19768 Private George William Sligar, 2/10th Ordnance Workshop, 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 Sligar, aged 43, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 5 February 1945. He was the son of Alexander and Mary Jane Sligar, and the husband of Mary Hannah Sligar, of New Farm, 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.)
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX62668 Private Thomas Dawson, 2/10th Ordnance Field Park, . He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW camp in nor
SA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of SX12151 Private Ernest Thomas Walker, 27th Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshop, Australian Army Ordnance Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied p
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX13560 Private Frederick William Pringle, No. 2 Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX17829 Sergeant Edward James Shields, 8th Division Command Cash Office, Australian Army Pay Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (PO
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX23738 Private George Edward Benson, 2/3rd Ordnance Store Company, Australian Army Ordnance Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (PO
SA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of SX11693 Private Thomas Henry Robbins, 8th Division Ammunition Sub-Park, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (
