| Accession Number | P03243.002 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Malaya |
| Date made | c 1941 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of members of 17 Platoon, 2/19th Battalion at a picnic at the beach. The Battalion ...
Description
Group portrait of members of 17 Platoon, 2/19th Battalion at a picnic at the beach. The Battalion was later captured by the Japanese in the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 and most of the men were either killed in action (KIA) or held as prisoners of war (POW). Known to be present are: NX35887 Sgt Walter William Spring (later Lieutenant and embarked from Singapore to return to Australia on 6 February 1942); NX35949 Pte Albert George Robbins (POW); NX35584 Cpl Alan Ramsay Oag (KIA in Malaya on 16 January 1942); NX35769 Cpl William Edwin Ferguson (KIA in Malaya on 16 January 1942); Pelley; NX35671 Pte Frederick James Wilson (POW); NX35679 Cpl Claude Raymond Cavanagh (died of illness in a POW camp in Sandakan, Borneo on 25 June 1945); NX35198 Pte Harold John Tonacia (POW); NX56157 Cpl Leonard Harold McAleer (KIA in Malaya on 21 January 1942); NX4572 Pte Patrick Edward Harrington (POW); NX52481 Cpl Verdon Graham Winbank (POW); NX56218 Cpl James Angus Winbank (POW); NX56216 Sgt Herbert James (Burt) Donaldson (POW); NX35765 Pte Leonard George Wilder (KIA in Malaya on 16 January 1942); NX35164 Pte Jack Neville (Duck) Mayes (missing presumed KIA n Malaya on 11 February 1942); NX58246 Pte Cyril David Dilley (died as the result of an accident in Japan, as a POW on 12 August 1945); NX32987 Pte William (Bill) Thompson (POW); NX35203 Pte Thomas Cornelius Verdon (KIA in Malaya on 16 January 1942); NX35587 Pte Austin Geoffrey Harvey (discharged on 7 June 1943); NX35238 Pte (later Sgt) William McGeachie (POW); NX35262 Cpl Patrick John Verdon (died as a POW when the Rakuyo Maru sunk in the South China Sea on 15 September 1944); Dorby; and NX35961 Pte Roy Dale (died as a POW in Thailand on 30 September 1943).