| Accession Number | P02467.512 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX46154 Corporal George Bradshaw Mawhinney, ...
Description
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX46154 Corporal George Bradshaw Mawhinney, 2/10th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical 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. Corporal Mawhinney, aged 35, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 20 January 1945. He was the son of Samuel and Liettia Matilda Mawhinney, and the husband of Lilly May Mawhinney, of Ulmarra, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 25. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)