| Accession Number | P02468.571 |
|---|---|
| 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 VX60926 Private Clive Hubert Thorneycroft, 27th ...
Description
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX60926 Private Clive Hubert Thorneycroft, 27th Brigade Ordnance Field Park, Australian Army Ordnance 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 Thorneycroft, aged 32, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 30 October 1944. He was the son of Hubert and Rosina Mary Thorneycroft, of Preston, Vic. He is buried in the Labuan Cemetery Section N, Row A, Plot 15. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)