Collection relating to the service of NX34734 Reginald William James Newton

Group portrait of members of `A' Company, 2/19th Battalion, at the Negri Sembilan Cricket Club. The Battalion was 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). Identified from left to right, back row: NX35885 Private (Pte) Jack Creighton (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 11 February 1942); NX56139 Lance Corporal Thomas John Wark (died at sea as a POW in the sinking of the Rakuyo Maru on 12 September 1944); NX35694 Pte Lenard Hubert Clark (KIA in Malaya on 9 February 1942); NX35602 Pte Alfred Daniel McGuire (died of illness in the POW camp at Sandakan in north Borneo on 14 July 1945); NX36050 Corporal (Cpl) Mervyn Robert Farrands (POW); NX60366 Pte Albert Hercules Whipp (POW).
Second row: NX51667 Pte Norman Romey (died at sea as a POW in the sinking of the Rakuyo Maru on 12 September 1944); NX36078 Pte Ronald Charles Brown (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX53830 Pte Reginald John Peterson (POW); NX60272 Pte John Joseph Piggott (KIA in Malaya on 19 January 1942); NX36053 Pte George Robert Hewitt (POW); NX32671 Pte John Bede Quigly (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); Pte Smith; NX35614 Pte Lindsay Neil Stewart (KIA in Malaya on 20 January 1942); NX58134 Pte Keith David Gough (KIA in Malaya on 19 January 1942); Johnson.
Third row: NX35245 Pte Albert James Hopkins (POW); Kelly; NX26364 Pte Laurence Eli Pollock (KIA in Malaya on 19 January 1942); NX50196 Pte Maurice James Hearn (POW); NX60258 Pte William Henry Sheridan (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX60372 Pte Charles Gibson Sykes (POW); NX60360 Pte John Gallagher (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX58573 Pte Reginald Thurlow (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX35689 Pte Allan Francis McGeady (POW); NX60329 Pte Allan Laverty (died at sea as a POW in the sinking of the Rakuyo Maru on 12 September 1944); NX60547 Pte James Harold Longmire (POW); NX52565 Cpl Allen Stewart Robb (KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942).
Fourth row: NX35638 Pte Thomas Maxwell Carter (died of illness as a POW in Thailand on 21 July 1943); Marshall; Manwaring; NX27894 Pte Clifford Clarence Wright Gibbs (POW); NX60200 Cpl Austin Hayden McCoy (POW); NX43916 Pte Alexander Joseph Robinson (later died of illness while a POW in Thailand on 28 October 1943); NX35863 Cpl Richard Arthur Rule (KIA in Malaya on 20 January 1942); NX35684 Pte Sylvester Redman (KIA in Malaya on 19 January 1942); NX26890 Pte Albert James Harper (died of illness as a POW in Japan on 19 February 1945); NX29722 Pte William Dyett (POW); NX56948 Sergeant (Sgt) Michael Murray (missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX60270 Pte Archie Edward Armitt (reported missing presumed KIA on 22 January 1942 in Malaya); NX60195 Pte Alfred Ernest Rumph (POW); Pte Edwards; NX36030 Lance Corporal Arthur Roy Hobden (KIA in Malaya on 19 January 1942); NX56953 Sgt James Gibson Philip (POW).
Fifth row: NX60333 Pte Laurence Aloysius O'Brien (KIA in Malaya on 19 January 1942); NX53045 Pte Ronald Schlyder (POW); NX35932 Pte Donald James Carn (KIA in Malaya on 19 January 1942); ); NX43501 Pte Lionel Keith McKenzie (POW); NX36039 Pte Stanley James Ledwidge (died of disease in Burma on 19 June 1942); Jones; NX60193 Pte Allen Raymond Jennings (KIA in Malaya on 20 January 1942); NX60348 Pte Eric Ronald Davis (died of illness in Japan on 28 April 1943 as a POW); NX60346 Lance Corporal John Bowman (POW); NX60362 Pte James Merton Fitzgibbon (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX35370 Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Desmond Henry Mulcahy (POW); NX35709 Pte Ancel Arthur Williams MM (KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX35671 Private (Pte) Frederick James Wilson (POW); NX58890 Pte Albert Sidney Dwyer (died on illness while a POW in Thailand on 7 August 1945); NX35477 Lance Corporal John Angus Rivett (reported missing presumed KIA on 11 February 1942 in Malaya); NX51889 Cpl Robert Bowen Ivers (KIA in Malaya on 21 January 1942); NX52459 Pte Arthur Thomas Pearson (POW).
Sixth row: NX39776 Acting Corporal William Charles Sinclair (died at sea as a POW when the Rakuyo Maru was sunk on 12 September 1944); Pte Bills; Hunt; Christie; NX56103 Pte Frederick Gilbert Stewart (died of illness while a POW in Thailand on 16 August 1945); Hewison; Pte Thomas; NX52548 Pte Keith Harris (POW); Pte Bloomfield; NX35446 Sgt John Tucker (POW) ; Pte W P Bourke; NX60171 Pte Francis Leslie Corcoran (died in the Sandakan POW camp in north Borneo on 10 July 1945); Pte Tomlinson; NX65527 Cpl Edward Raymond Ivers (KIA in Malaya on 20 January 1942); QX21595 Pte Evan Ronald Charles Cozens (KIA in Malaya on 9 February 1942); NX53830 Pte Reginald John Peters (POW); NX58964 Pte Reginald Francis Meade (KIA in Malaya on 21 January 1942); NX35479 Cpl Reginald Rowlands (POW).
Front row: NX56219 Sgt James Ellis Lace Clarke 8 Platoon (KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX59399 WO2 Frank Bertram Brady, Company Sergeant Major (reported missing presumed KIA on 11 February in Malaya); NX34902 Lieutenant (Lt) Frank Garland Beverley, Second in Command (POW); NX34932 Captain Charles Hughes Cousens Officer Commanding (POW); NX59618 Lt John Maclean Ritchie, 9 Platoon (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 9 February 1942); NX12601 Lt Byron Donald George Crawford 8 Platoon (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX58094 Lt John Gregg Weily, 7 Platoon (POW); NX59902 Sgt Raymond Charles Myors, Company Quartermaster Sergeant (POW).