| Accession Number | P02467.667 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales |
| Date made | 7 August 1940 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX54640 Corporal James Edward Wheeler, HQ AASC 8 DIV ...
Description
Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX54640 Corporal James Edward Wheeler, HQ AASC 8 DIV AAMC attached to No 1 COV AASC . 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 POWs 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 Wheeler, aged 40, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 28 June 1945. He was the son of James George and Mary Ellen Wheeler, and the husband of Ethel Mary Wheeler, of Meadowbank, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 21. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)