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Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX30686 Signalman Clarence Aubery Hawkins, 8th Division Signals, Australian Corps of Signals. 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. Signalman Hawkins, aged 42, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 4 June 1945. He was the son of William and Sarah Hawkins, of Sale, Vic. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 8. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX64347 Signalman Ronald Francis Craig, 8th Division Signals, Australian Corps Of Signals. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held i
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX15242 Signalman Geoffrey Eric Jackaman, 8th Division Signals, Australian Corps of Signals. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held
Portrait of VX54364 Signalman Douglas H. Stirling (who served under the name of Donald Matson), 8 Division Signals, Australian Corps of Signals. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) h
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX56694 Signalman Stanley Victor James Reay, 8th Division Signals, Australian Corps of Signals. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) h
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX69320 Signalman William Henry Lebeau, 8th Division Signals, Australian Corps of Signals. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held i
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX36653 Signalman George Daniel Conquit, 8th Division Signals, Australian Corps Of Signals. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held
