| Accession Number | P02468.552 |
|---|---|
| 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 VX58285 Corporal Francis Alan Burchnall, 2/10th ...
Description
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX58285 Corporal Francis Alan Burchnall, 2/10th Ordnance Workshop, Australian Corps of Electrical & Mechanical Engineers. 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 Burchnall, aged 23, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 4 June 1945. He was the son of Francis Robert and Gertrude Nathelia Burchnall, of Bendigo, Vic. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 28. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)