| Accession Number | P02467.136 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX25816 Private James Johnston Midgley, 2/3rd ...
Description
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX25816 Private James Johnston Midgley, 2/3rd Motor Ambulance Convoy, Australian Army Service Corps. 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 Midgley, aged 44, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 16 March 1945. He was the son of Haley Anderson Midgley and Elizabeth Ann Midgley, and the husband of Ina Midgley, of Croydon, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 24. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)