| Accession Number | P02467.196 |
|---|---|
| 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 NX29342 Corporal William Edmund Scambrey, 2/10th ...
Description
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX29342 Corporal William Edmund Scambrey, 2/10th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical 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 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. Corporal Scambrey, aged 37, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 20 March 1945. He was the son of Mr and Mrs W. J. Scambrey, and the husband of Hazel May Scambrey, of Balmain, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 25. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)