| Accession Number | P02468.225 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
SA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of SX10070 Corporal Myrvin Robert Dunhill, 8th ...
Description
SA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of SX10070 Corporal Myrvin Robert Dunhill, 8th Division Postal Unit, Australian Army Postal Service. 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. Corporal Dunhill, aged 41, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 22 March 1945. He was the son of Joseph Henry and Fanny Dunhill, and the husband of Irene Constance Dunhill, of Ovingham, SA. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 31. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)