The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX21956 Gunner Robert Bernard Collins, 2/10th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. 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. Gunner Collins, aged 26, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 26 April 1945. He was the son of George and Martha Grace Collins, of Kyogle, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 2. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX7113 Gunner Gerard Nicholson, 2/15th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sa
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX58560 Private Alan Charles Collins, 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 NX40769 Private Colin Richard Collins, 2/18th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandaka
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX30862 Gunner Alexander Filewood, 2/15th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX32221 Gunner Ronald John Murray, 4th Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in th
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX32241 Private Edward Clive Alexander, 2/19th Battalion Australian Infantry, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW
