| Accession Number | P02468.737 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
WA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of WX9562 Sergeant Ivor Edwin Thorley, 86th Light ...
Description
WA. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of WX9562 Sergeant Ivor Edwin Thorley, 86th Light Aid Detachment, 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. Sergeant Thorley, aged 43, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 4 March 1945. He was the son of Edwin Donald and Blodwyn Thorley, and the husband of Leonie Mavis Thorley, of North Perth, WA. 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.)