Accession Number | P02468.018 |
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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 |
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX12954 Private Gordon Alexander Candlish, 2/3rd ...
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX12954 Private Gordon Alexander Candlish, 2/3rd Reserve Motor Transport Company, Australian Army Service Corps. 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 Candlish, aged 44, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 4 December 1942. He was the son of John and Catherine Candlish and the husband of Louisa May Candlish, of Clayfield, Qld. He is buried in the Labuan Cemetery Section R, Row A, Plot 2. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)