| Accession Number | P02467.524 |
|---|---|
| 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 NX47041 Staff Sergeant Robert Reid Hughes, ...
Description
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX47041 Staff Sergeant Robert Reid Hughes, 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. Staff Sergeant Hughes, aged 33, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 20 March 1945. He was the son of Robert and Helen Hughes, and the husband of Elizabeth Hughes, of Mayfield, 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.)