| Accession Number | P02467.227 |
|---|---|
| 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 NX31069 Signalman Roy Bowman Ratcliff, 8th ...
Description
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX31069 Signalman Roy Bowman Ratcliff, 8th Division Signals, Australian Corps of Signals. 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. Signalman Ratcliff, aged 39, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 8 May 1945. He was the son of Mr and Mrs D. P. Ratcliff, of Watsons Bay, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 8. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)