| Accession Number | P02467.169 |
|---|---|
| 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 NX27483 Lance Corporal Thomas Edward Clair, ...
Description
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX27483 Lance Corporal Thomas Edward Clair, 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. Lance Corporal Clair, aged 39, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 2 June 1945. He was the son of William Joseph and Maud Perry Clair, of Glebe, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 21. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)