The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
WA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of WX8397 Private Robert William Chipperfield, 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 Chipperfield, aged 28, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 11 February 1945. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Chipperfield. He is buried in the Labuan Cemetery Section R, Row A, Plot 15. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX72757 Private Thomas Burns, 2/20th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW cam
SA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of SX6178 Private Mervyn Horace Cundy, 8th Division Ammunition Sub-Park Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX25134 Private Norman Spears, 2/5th Hygeine Section, Australian Army Medical Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX67878 Private James Emmanuel Bird, 87th Light Aid Detachment, Australian Army Ordnance Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) h
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX17462 Private Egbert Harry Gower, 2nd Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sanda
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX30243 Private Reginald James Temple (served as R. J. Moore), 2/19th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (
