| Accession Number | P02468.393 |
|---|---|
| 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 VX36721 Private Vernon Gladstone Tanner, No. 1 ...
Description
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX36721 Private Vernon Gladstone Tanner, No. 1 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 Tanner, aged 28, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 21 February 1945. He was the son of Clarence Stephen and Edith Amelia Tanner, of Coburg, Vic. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 24. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)