Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX6866 Gunner Francis (Frank) Douglas 'Andy' ...

Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX6866 Gunner Francis (Frank) Douglas 'Andy' Anderson, 2/10th 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 E Force. The 500 Australian and 500 British POW's who made up E Force, left Changi on 28 March 1943, on board the S.S. DeKlerk arriving at Berhala Island (adjacent to Sandakan Harbour) on 15 April 1943. The POW's were held there until 5 June, when they were taken by barge to Sandakan. The next day they were transferred to the 8 Mile Camp, which was about half a mile from the B Force compound. Gunner Anderson, aged 25, escaped with Nelson Short, Bill Moxham and Keith Botterill on 7 July 1945, hiding in a cave for over a week before being found and looked after by Baragh Katus, headman of Batu Lima village, who supplied them with food. Gnr Anderson died of dysnetry on 29 July 1945, he was buried by Moxham, Botterill and Short the next day. He was the son of William and Daisy Louisa Anderson, of Kelvin Grove, Qld. He is buried in the Labuan Cemetery Section 16, Row E, Plot 12.