The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX22839 Corporal William James Lancaster, No. 2 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. Corporal Lancaster, aged 46, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 7 June 1945. He was the son of William James White Lancaster and Malinda Lancaster, and the husband of Dorothy Erica Lancaster, of Glen Iris, Vic. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 21. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX63691 Private Neville Alexander Porritt, 8th Division Postal Unit, Australian Army Postal Service. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (P
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX30277 Sergeant David Skipwith Campbell, 2/2nd Motor Ambulance Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX20156 Corporal Russell Wilfred James, No. 1 Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX45656 Corporal John Thomas Peach, 2/29th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan P
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX1606 Corporal Percival Edmund Hankin, 2/26th 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 VX63699 Corporal Charles William Maizey, 22nd Brigade Ordnance Field Park, Australian Army Ordnance Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of
