The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX20451 Private Eric Norman Pile, 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 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. Private Pile, aged 23, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 13 June 1945. He was the son of Norman Gilbert and Ella Mary Pile, of Rockhampton, 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 QX21789 Private Kenneth George Wrigley, 2/10th Ordnance Field Workshop, Australian Army Ordnance Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war
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
SA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of SX13927 Private Leonard Geoffrey Kohler, 2/10th Ordnance Field Park, Australian Army Ordnance Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (PO
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX54832 Private Robert Norman Benson Burns, 22nd Brigade Workshop, Australian Army Ordnance Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX12664 Private Edgar Robert Burnett, 2/10th Ordnance Workshop, Australian Corps of Electrical & Mechanical Engineers. He was one of over 2000 Allied p
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX66085 Private Lawrence Arthur Harris, 2/18th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandak
