| Accession Number | P02467.329 |
|---|---|
| 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 NX35848 Corporal Ernest Henry Turner, 2/19th ...
Description
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX35848 Corporal Ernest Henry Turner, 2/19th Battalion, Australian Infantry. 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 Turner, aged 27, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 18 June 1945. He was the son of Ernest and Cecilia Turner, and the husband of Helen Josephine Turner, of Griffith, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 12. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)