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Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX41746 Gunner James Henry Norman Ross, 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 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. Gunner Ross, aged 29, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 10 February 1945. He was the son of Robert and Adeline Esther Ross, and the husband of Ellen Caterine Ross, of Preston, Vic. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 1. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX63884 Corporal Syme Newell Harris, 8th Division Signals, Australian Corps of Signals. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in t
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX58565 Private Jack Falco, 13th Australian General Hospital, Australian Army Medical Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX41962 Gunner Ronald Campbell, 4th Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the S
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX32221 Gunner Ronald John Murray, 4th Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in th
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX37653 Gunner Basil George Tennyson, 4th Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX45743 Gunner John Frederick Robinson, 4th Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held
