The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX27460 Gunner Robert John Valentine Smith, 4th Anti Tank 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 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. Gunner Smith, aged 50, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 10 November 1942. He was the son of Robert and Bridget Smith and the husband of Annie Smith, of Coburg, Vic. He is buried in the Labuan Cemetery Section R, Row A, Plot 11. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX22611 Private William James Murnane, 2/19th Infantry Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in th
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX15018 Gunner David Roy Shaw, 2/10th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the San
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX31286 Gunner Ernest Walter Bray, 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 VX27808 Gunner Joseph Poole Chamberlain, 4th Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX32760 Gunner Stuart Marr, 4th Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sanda
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX8356 Gunner Charles Brown, 2/10th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sanda
