| Accession Number | P02467.679 |
|---|---|
| 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 NX55072 Private Thomas David McLachlan, 2/20th ...
Description
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX55072 Private Thomas David McLachlan, 2/20th 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 McLachlan, aged 29, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 31 May 1945. He was the son of Thomas and Amy McLachlan, and the husband of Phyllis Eileen McLachlan, of Campsie, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 14. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)