The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX39217 Sergeant Robert Royston Davidson, 2/29th Battalion, Australian Infantry. 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. Sergeant Davidson, aged 40, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 6 March 1945. He was the son of Robert and Clara Davidson, and the husband of Mavis Ida Davidson, of Strathfield, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 16. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX72293 Corporal James Colin Clark, Command Cash Office, Australian Army Pay Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the S
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX68401 Sergeant John Morton Codlin, Command pay Office, Australian Army Pay Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the S
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX46612 Bombardier Geoffrey Frederick Brownlee, 2/15th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX10264 Private William Albert Welch, General Base Depot, Malaya, . He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW camp
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX40689 Private Joseph Platford, 2/18th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX45653 Private Leslie Gooud, 3rd Reserve Motor Transport Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW)
