Family portrait of NX72293 Corporal (Cpl) James Colin Clark, his wife Alice Ida, son Colin James ...

P08217.001
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Accession Number P08217.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Candid Studios
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made c 1940 - 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Family portrait of NX72293 Corporal (Cpl) James Colin Clark, his wife Alice Ida, son Colin James and daughter Betty Alicia. Cpl Clark enlisted on 29 March 1941 and initially served in the Middle East with the Australian Army Pay Corps, 8th Division. Later in 1941 the division was deployed to different parts of the Asia-Pacific region. Most members of the division, including Cpl Clark became prisoners of war (POW) of the Japanese. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war held in the Sandakan POW camp in north Borneo, having been transferred there from Singapore as a part of B Force. The 1494 POWs 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. Cpl Clark died on 15 April 1945, aged 39 .

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