| Accession Number | P02467.520 |
|---|---|
| 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 NX46716 Gunner Frederick Charles Francis, 2/15th ...
Description
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX46716 Gunner Frederick Charles Francis, 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 Francis, aged 29, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 24 April 1945. He was the son of Charles Henry and Ivy May Francis, and the husband of Myra Lucy Francis, of Ryde, 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.)