| Accession Number | P02468.105 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX17829 Sergeant Edward James Shields, 8th ...
Description
Qld. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QX17829 Sergeant Edward James Shields, 8th Division Command Cash Office, Australian Army Pay 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. Sergeant Shields, aged 43, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 7 June 1945. He was the son of Edward and Mary Jane Shields, and the husband of Annie Henley Hoppenworth Shields, of Fairfield, Qld. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 30. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)