| Accession Number | P12201.002 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Place made | Borneo: North Borneo, Sandakan |
| Date made | 25 April 1986 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright unknown - orphaned work |
Collection related to William Claude Ney
Description
A gazebo to honour NX38425 Private (Pte) William Claude Ney, 2/10 Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC). It was erected in what would become the POW Memorial Park at Sandakan. No maintenance plan was put in place and it fell into disrepair.
By 1995 complaints about its condition were extensive and the Department of Veterans Affairs, under OAWG, took over management. A new picnic pavilion was constructed and the Ney family contributed to its costs.
NX38425 Pte Ney. Pte Ney of Gollan, NSW, enlisted on 11 July 1941. 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 Ney, aged 28, died of illness as a prisoner of the Japanese on 2 May 1945. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 26.