| Accession Number | P02468.334 |
|---|---|
| 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 VX29172 Corporal Robert Francis Holmes, 2/29th ...
Description
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX29172 Corporal Robert Francis Holmes, 2/29th Battalion, Australian Infantry. 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 Holmes, aged 25, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 12 June 1945. He was the son of Francis Robert Stanley Holmes and Irene Frances Holmesand the husband of Noel Olive Holmes, of Mount Taylor, Vic. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 16. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)