The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Portrait of NX38425 Private (Pte) William Claude Ney, 2/10 Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC). Pte Ney of Gollan, NSW, enlisted on 11 July 1941. 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 Ney, aged 28, died of illness as a prisoner of the Japanese on 2 May 1945. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 26.
The Last Post Ceremony is presented in the Commemorative area of the Australian War Memorial each day. The ceremony commemorates more than 102,000 Australians who have given their lives in war and oth
Studio portrait of NX38425 Private (Pte) William Claude Ney. Pte Ney of Gollan, NSW, enlisted on 11 July 1941. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW camp in no
A gazebo to honour NX38425 Private (Pte) William Claude Ney, 2/10 Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC). It was erected in what would become the POW Memorial Park at Sandakan. No main
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX38425 Private William Claude Ney, 2/10th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held i
Portrait of NX59717 Private (Pte) William Frederick Rolls, No. 2 Company, Australian Army Service Corps. Pte Rolls of Wellington, NSW, enlisted on 19 July 1940. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoner
Studio portrait of VX30185 Private (Pte) Eric Bloom, No. 2 Company, Australian Army Service Corps, of Camperdown, Vic. Pte Bloom enlisted from Royal Park, Vic, on 18 June 1940. He was one of over 2000
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX35679 Private Claude Raymond Cavenagh, 2/19th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sanda
