| Accession Number | P02467.179 |
|---|---|
| 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 NX27856 Gunner Leslie Lyell Grosvenor, 2/15th ...
Description
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX27856 Gunner Leslie Lyell Grosvenor, 2/15th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. 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. Gunner Grosvenor, aged 24, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 6 March 1945. He was the son of Samuel Charles and Alice Maud Grosvenor, and the husband of Rita Patricia Grosvenor, of Dulwich Hill, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 4. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)