The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX60454 Driver John Dwyer, 4th Reserve Motor Transport Company, Australian Army Service Corps. 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. Driver Dwyer, aged 26, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 17 April 1945. He was the son of Mr and Mrs J. Dwyer, of Woodford, Vic. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 21. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX47230 Gunner Charles Albert Woodford, 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 VX61991 Craftsman Graham Charles Garner, 2/10th Ordnance Workshop, Australian Corps of Electrical & Mechanical Engineers. He was one of over 2000 Allie
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX41097 Driver William Oliver Anderson, 2/3rd Reserve Motor Transport Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX70018 Driver Cecil John Cain, 3rd Reserve Motor Transport Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (PO
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX19215 Private Charles Brady, 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX47493 Private Redclyffe Edgeland Harrington, 4th Reserve Motor Transport Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied priso
