Accession Number | P02467.783 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX65363 Craftsman Denzil Herbert Jones, 73rd ...
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX65363 Craftsman Denzil Herbert Jones, 73rd Light Aid Detachment, Australian Corps of Electrical & Mechanical Engineers. 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. Craftsman Jones, aged 42, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 13 July 1945. He was the son of Herbert and Daisy Sybilla Jones, and the husband of Minnie Jones, of Woy Woy, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 29. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)