The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
SA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of SX11546 Private Clarrie Oliver Comber (served as Patrick Dempsey), 4th Reserve Motor Transport Company, Australian Army Service 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 Comber, aged 39, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 28 March 1945. He was the son of Nora Comber, of Dubbo, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 22. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX630 Private Leo John Duffy, 2/18th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW cam
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX49915 Private Edward Colin Slip, 2/19th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan PO
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX18656 Private James Burgess, 2/26th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW ca
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX61176 Private Walter Stewart, 27th Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshop, Australian Corps of Electrical & Mechanical Engineers. He was one of
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX42402 Private Henry Walter Menzies, 2/19th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX12904 Private Jack Davison, No. 2 Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan
