| Accession Number | P12201.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Date made | c 1941 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Collection related to William Claude Ney
Description
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 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. 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.