| Accession Number | AWM2021.771.5 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Puckapunyal |
| Date made | February 1941 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Informal portrait of 12897 Leading Aircraftman Arthur James Joffre Leckie (on the right), VX46194 ...
Description
Informal portrait of 12897 Leading Aircraftman Arthur James Joffre Leckie (on the right), VX46194 Sapper (Spr) Harry Arthur Morgan, (centre) and VX150152 Spr Walter Emanuel Coates. On the reverse of the image, in hand writing, are the following details: Coates – Brother-in-law; Morgan – Eng trg deport; Leckie – To be Brother-in-law; Sunday lunch, near Pucka.
Spr Harry Arthur Morgan, 2/10th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers. 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. Sapper Morgan, aged 31, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 26 March 1945. He was the son of David Michael Morgan and Minnie Morgan, and the husband of Ruth Agnes Morgan, of Thornbury, Vic.