| Accession Number | AWM2018.1030.32 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Collection related to NX54373 Private Geo Alexander Guthrie
Description
Informal portrait of NX52524 Lance Sergeant (Lsgt) Donald Alexander Campbell, NX59179 Warrant Officer Class 2 (Wo2) Ian William Doherty and Padre Flemming (possibly VX39488 Captain William Irving Fleming). All three had served in 2/18th Battalion and become Prisoners of War (POWs) during the Second World War.
Lsgt Campbell 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. Lance Sergeant Campbell, aged 44, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 11 May 1945.