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Kuching, Sarawak, 12/9/1945
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Australian War Memorial caption reads:
KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-12. 8TH DIVISION PERSONNEL, EX-POWS OF THE JAPANESE, OUTSIDE THEIR HUT, "AUSTRALIA HOUSE" IN THE KUCHING POW AND INTERNMENT CAMP WHICH THEY OCCUPIED FROM 1943-06 UNTIL 1945-09. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- SERGEANT C. B. LANDER, 2/18TH INFANTRY BATTALION (1); CORPORAL G. W. GUNNING, 2/2ND PIONEER BATTALION (2); PRIVATE (PTE) H. J. P. RISELEY, 2/29TH INFANTRY BATTALION (3); PTE R. KENT, 2/20TH INFANTRY BATTALION (4); PTE E. DAVIS, 2/20TH INFANTRY BATTALION (5); DRIVER (DR) R. FRASER, 2/3RD MOTOR TRANSPORT COMPANY (6); DR STEPHENSON, 2/3RD MOTOR TRANSPORT RESERVE COMPANY (7); PTE D. RIXON, 2/20TH INFANTRY BATTALION (8); LANCE CORPORAL N. WEEKS, BASE ORDNANCE DEPOT (9); PTE J. SIMPSON, 2/18TH INFANTRY BATTALION (10); PTE F. BINDON, 2/18TH INFANTRY BATTALION (11); PTE S. OUTRAM, 2/30TH INFANTRY BATTALION (12).
1) NX15952 - LANDER, Colin Bruce, Sergeant - 2/18 Battalion
2) VX45832 - GUNNING, Gilbert William, Corporal - 2/2 Pioneer Battalion
3) TX8132 - RISELEY, Hilton Phillip, Private - 2/29 Battalion
4) NX33432 - KENT, Roy Edward, Private - 2/20 Battalion
5) NX43494 - DAVIS, Eric George, Private - 2/20 Battalion
6) QX16801 - FRASER, Reginald John Alexander, Driver - 2/3 Motor Reserve Transport Company
7) NX69641 - STEPHENSON, Bruce Walter, Driver -2/3 Motor Reserve Transport Company
8) NX33861 - RIXON, Dick, Private - 2/18 Battalion
9) VX57346 - WEEKS, Norman, Lance Corporal - Base Ordnance Depot
10) NX65330- SIMPSON, John Keith, Private - 2/18 Battalion
11) NX25645 - BINDON, Frederick, Private - 2/18 Battalion
12) NX37369 - OUTRAM, Sidney Murray, Private - 2/30 Bn., A Company, 8 Platoon. WiA Fort Rose, prisoner in Outram Rd. Gaol
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