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Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX22115 Private William Joseph Bowe, 2/9th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical 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 Bowe, aged 28, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 26 July 1945. He was the son of Joseph William and Florence Merinda May Bowe, of South Preston, Vic. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 26. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX18955 Private James William Joseph Ince, 2/18th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the San
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX47920 Sergeant William John Vaughan, 8th Division Signals, Australian Corps of Signals. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX64312 Private James Lyons Marshall, 2/10th Ordnance Workshop, Australian Corps of Electrical & Mechanical Engineers. He was one of over 2000 Allied p
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX19852 Private Norman Joseph Chenhall, 2/18th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandak
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX21158 Private Desmond Charles Keays, 2/9th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX39859 Private James William Boyd, 27th Brigade Group Workshop, Australian Army Ordnance Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW)
