| Accession Number | P02468.328 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX27627 Private Walter George Cripps, Audit ...
Description
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX27627 Private Walter George Cripps, Audit Section, 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. Private Cripps, aged 34, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 4 July 1945. He was the son of Joseph and Emily Louise Cripps, and the husband of Elizabeth Cripps, of Burnley, Vic. 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.)