NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX1212 Private George Henry McIntosh (served as ...

NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX1212 Private George Henry McIntosh (served as George Hodges, he reverted to his original name by statutory declaration on 11 October 1942), 2/20th Battalion, Australian Infantry. 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 E Force. The 500 Australian and 500 British POW's who made up E Force, left Changi on 28 March 1943, on board the S.S. DeKlerk arriving at Berhala Island (adjacent to Sandakan Harbour) on 15 April 1943. The POW's were held there until 5 June, when they were taken by barge to Sandakan. The next day they were transferred to the 8 Mile Camp, which was about half a mile from the B Force compound. Private McIntosh, aged 22, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 11 February 1945. He was the son of Charles Henry and Helen Ida McIntosh, of Aberdeen, NSW. He is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial Column 127. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)