| Accession Number | P02467.896 |
|---|---|
| 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 NX71989 Lieutenant Bradford Pascoe-Pearce, 4th ...
Description
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX71989 Lieutenant Bradford Pascoe-Pearce, 4th Anti Tank 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. Lieutenant Pascoe-Pearce, aged 36, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 15 August 1945. He was the son of Edward and Catherine Elizabeth Pascoe-Pearce and the husband of Kathleen Phyllis Pascoe-Pearce, of Woolahra, NSW. He is buried in the Labuan Cemetery Section S, Row D, Plot 8. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)