| Accession Number | P02467.393 |
|---|---|
| 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 NX40332 Private Thomas Archibald Reading, 2/18th ...
Description
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX40332 Private Thomas Archibald Reading, 2/18th 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. Private Reading, aged 33, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 11 August 1945. He was the son of Alfred and Minnie May Reading, and the husband of Edna Irene Reading, of Kogarah, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 11. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)