Title Page to folder. "BENDIGO/ PRISONERS OF WAR/ who died in camp or on the death marches, World War 2/ SANDAKAN/ Borneo". Names listed; Francis Robert BURCHNALL VX64477 Francis Alan BURCHNALL VX58285 Harold Mervyn GILL VX62613 Keith JONES VX30350 Charles Henry KING VX63472 William Patrick SHEPHERD VX66586 Raymond James Russell WHYTE VX64181Folder with A4 plastic pockets. Folder cover - front clear plastic. Back - blue plastic. Plastic spiral bound. 18 pages - cut, plain, white colour A4 paper. Black ink print. Illustrations - black and white photographs. francis robert burchnall, francis alan burchnall, harold mervyn gill, keith jones, charles henry king, william patrick shepherd, raymond james russell whyte, publication, folder, biographies, sandakan, reference

William Patrick SHEPHERD No VX66586 enlisted in the 2nd AIF on 26.11.1941 age 25 years 10 months at RRD Royal Park. Transfers to A.A.S.C on 3.12.1941 then posted to 2/10th Ordnance W/Shops, embark for Malaya 10.1.1942 arriving Singapore 26.1.1942, listed Missing 16.2.1942, listed as POW 13.4.1943, dated 28.9.1945 listed as deceased whilst POW, cause not stated 5.6.1945. A letter to Mrs Sheperd dated 18.1.1946 states died of Malaria. This was from Japanese records mostly. William died on the Sandakan Death March Borneo.Photo B & W portrait of W.P Sheperd in uniform no hat. Photo taken with his Regt No. Display at bottomphotography - photographs, military history, sandakan, borneo