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Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX54067 Corporal Henry John Simpson, 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. Corporal Simpson, aged 33, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 2 June 1945. He was the son of Thomas and Ann Simpson, and the husband of Lily Simpson, of Geelong, Vic. 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.)
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX64236 Private Leonard Charles Moore, 2/29th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandaka
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX46536 Private Leslie Cox, 2/29th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW camp
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX56322 Private William Ernest Milliken, 2/29th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sanda
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX42847 Private Norman Mckay Tully, No. 2 Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the San
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX35472 Corporal George Bousie, 8th Divisional Provost Company, Australian Army Provost Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) he
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX37018 Corporal Lyndon Priestly Simpson, No. 1 Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in t
