The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
WA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of WX9283 Private John Henry Browning, 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 Browning, aged 25, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 16 July 1945. He was the son of James Henry and Eleanor Florence Browning, and the husband of Thelma Bernice Browning, of East Northam, 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 WX7883 Private William Herbert Beard, 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in th
WA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of WX8683 Sapper Sydney Glover, 2/6th Field Park Company, Royal Australian Engineers. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the San
WA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of WX8535 Private Arthur Francis Shirley, 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in t
WA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of WX10914 Private Ronald Victor Carleton, 27th Dental Unit, Australian Army Dental Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in th
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX35863 Private Joseph Henry Victor Clayton, 2/29th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the S
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX1826 Private Cecil Henry Rowe, 2/26th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW
