| Accession Number | P02468.625 |
|---|---|
| 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 VX64633 Private Robert Lindsay Merritt, 22nd ...
Description
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX64633 Private Robert Lindsay Merritt, 22nd Brigade Group Ordnance Workshop, 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 Merritt, aged 32, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 7 June 1945. He was the son of Walter and Elizabeth Harriet Merritt, of Caulfield, 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.)