The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
WA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of WX8003 Private Alexander Meora Hack, 2/4th Machine Gun 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. Private Hack, aged 38, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 4 February 1945. He was the son of William Wilton Meora Steven Hack and Charlotte Scott Hack, of Maida Vale, WA. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 18. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
WA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of WX9888 Sapper George Jesse Howe Smith, 2/6th Field Park Company, Royal Australian Engineers. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held
WA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of WX7627 Private James McLaughlan Goldie, 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in
WA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of WX9135 Craftsman Leslie Prior, 2/10th Ordnance Workshop, Australian Corps of Electrical & Mechanical Engineers. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX21277 Private James William Pashen, 2/29th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan
Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX27883 Private Lance Wilton Maskey, No. 2 Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandaka
WA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of WX7851 Private Charles Harris, 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sanda
