Collection relating to the service of NX34734 Reginald William James Newton

Group portrait of members of Headquarters Company, 2/19th Battalion. 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). Identified from left to right, back row: NX51274 Corporal (Cpl) Thomas James Extrem (died of illness as a POW in Sumatra on 20 May 1945); Byrce, possibly NX905 Private (Pte) James Roderick Bruce (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1945); NX60185 Pte Gordon Summerbelle Johnstone (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 11 February 1942); NX33041 Pte Phillip Curle (wounded in action and medically evacuated prior to the fall of Singapore); Pte Doyle, either NX49746 Pte Athol Alister Doyle (died of illness while a POW in Thailand on 5 November 1943) or NX35361 Pte Edward Arthur Doyle (died in the POW camp at Sandakan, north Borneo on 15 February 1945); NX56113 Pte Patrick Cregan (POW); NX35246 Pte Joseph Cody Palmer (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); Pte Shaw, probably NX48206 Pte Ruben Shaw (died at the Sandakan POW camp in north Borneo on 19 July 1944); NX55933 Pte Frederick James Stephens (POW); NX35864 Pte John David Fuks (escaped from Singapore and made it back to Australia); NX57298 Sergeant (Sgt) Robert Arthur Wickens (POW); NX43501 Pte Lionel Keith McKenzie (POW); NX35613 Cpl Maxwell Ernest McCabe (POW); NX59483 Pte Frank Brett (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); Pte Doyle, either NX49746 Pte Athol Alister Doyle (died of illness while a POW in Thailand on 5 November 1943) or NX35361 Pte Edward Arthur Doyle (died in the POW camp at Sandakan, north Borneo on 15 February 1945); Pte McCarthy; NX58980 Pte William Michael John ‘Bill’ Dann (died of illness while a POW in Thailand on 25 June 1943); Pte Reed; NX35699 Pte John Stephen ‘Jack’ Deloas (POW); Sgt Donaldson; NX51012 Pte Leonidas Papagelopoulos (POW).
Second row: NX55096 Pte William Roy McRitchie (POW); NX35396 Pte Daniel ‘Danny’ O'Connor (POW); NX52560 Pte William Campbell Glen (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX60287 Pte Irving Goodfellow (arrived back in Australia in March 1942); NX35612 Pte Ronald Blane Bertram (died of illness while a POW in Thailand on 4 December 1943); NX60174 Cpl Clifford Vernon Kent (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 11 February 1942); NX33196 Pte Alexander Mathieson Sneddn ‘Scotty’ Hamilton (missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX56099 Cpl Ronald Charles Stone (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 9 February 1942); NX52566 Cpl Lindsay Walter Robb (died of illness while a POW in Thailand on 26 December 1943); NX35600 Cpl Stanley Thomas Timmins Cox (POW); NX35661 Private (Pte) Herbert ‘Bert’ Roberts (died as a POW at sea in the South West Pacific on 26 June 1944); unknown; NX56118 Pte Kenneth Eric Burt (KIA in Malaya on 19 January 1942); NX35900 Corporal John William ‘Jack’ Knox (POW); NX52490 Pte (later Cpl) Ronald James White (POW); NX60130 Owen Joseph ‘Owie’ Ryan (POW); NX56105 Corporal (Cpl) Glen Kenneth Hughes (POW); NX59496 Pte (later Cpl) Ronald Mushett Dean (POW); NX33064 Pte Gordon Harold Joseph Isom (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); Pte Williams; Pte Craig; NX35192 Pte James Maurice Bailey (POW); NGX152 Pte Otto James Martin Hirschel (POW); Smith; Pte G N Oltmanns (possibly NX51958 Pte George Frederick Oltmanns).
Third row; NX52571 Pte Augustine John Halloran (POW); Lees, either NX35746 Leven Levean Lees (POW) or NX51980 Pte Lester Raymond Lees (later Cpl and a POW); Howe, probably NX31021 Pte George Howe (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 15 February 1942); NX35509 Pte Joseph Herman Tanner (POW); Pte Morgan, either NX49175 Pte John Glanffiudd Thomas Morgan (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 2 February 1942) or NX30742 Pte Stanley Frederic Charles Morgan (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 18 January 1942); NX55450 Pte Lindsay Valentine Nunan (POW and died 19 November 1945); NX25894 Pte John Sidney Pearce (died of illness in the Sandakan POW camp in north Borneo on 7 June 1945); NX51511 Pte Edwin Redfern (died of illness while a POW in Burma on 25 May 1944); Bryan; NX52231 Pte Daniel Edward O'Connell (POW); NX58021 Pte Frederick Victor George ‘Fred’ Maitland (KIA in Malaya on 9 February 1942); NX55100 Pte Hector John McLean (POW); Pte Jamieson, possibly NX73023 Pte Leslie Alexander Jamieson (died of illness while a POW in Burma on 28 October 1943); NX36146 Pte Kevin Francis Cummins (POW); NX52964 Pte (later Cpl) Albert Edward Flint (died at the POW camp at Sandakan in northern Borneo on 10 June 1945); NX52537 Pte Stanley Bede Bowhay (POW); NX55069 Pte Frederick Richmond Suisted (died as a POW in Burma on 1 November 1943); Crawford, either NX35616 Pte Herbert Crawford (POW) or NX51989 Pte Macedon Crawford (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX35610 Sgt James Frederick Pegg (POW); NX35266 Pte Albert William Dengate (KIA in Malaya on 19 January 1942); Pte Buckley, probably NX48677 Pte John James Buckley (died in the Sandakan POW camp in north Borneo on 8 June 1945); NX52352 Sgt John Richard Perfect (POW); Pte Bloomfield, either NX35821 Pte Albert Ernest Bloomfield (KIA in Malaya on 9 February 1942) or NX52461 Pte Percy Everitt Bloomfield (POW); MX31197 L Cpl Earl Macleay Bradbury (KIA in Malaya on 19 January 1942); NX55153 Pte Robert William Sedwell.
Fourth row: NX52477 Sgt Neville Ford Douglas, (later Lt and POW); NX59619 Sgt Jack Christie (Reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX35603 Sgt Phillip George Dennis (POW); NX57909 Lieutenant (Lt) William Gordon Minto (POW); NX56130 Sgt Arthur Henry Holm (POW); NX35932 Pte Donald James Carn (KIA in Malaya on 19 January 1942); NX35623 Sgt Richard Jenkins (died of illness while a POW in Burma on 18 August 1942); NX56207 Sgt Frederick Claude Meale, Transport Sergeant; NX55227 Warrant Officer 2 (WO2) Valentine Charles Caspar Middleton (POW), Company Sergeant Major; NX70592 Lieutenant John Millard Brindley (POW), 5 Platoon; NX34935 Lt George Alexander Gill, 1 Platoon (KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX34741 Capt Albert Charles Pickup, 4 Platoon (POW); NX34734 Capt Reginald William James Newton, Officer Commanding (POW); NX12594 Capt Walter Percy Bracher, 6 Platoon (POW); NX34869 Captain Charlton Fallaw, 3 Platoon (KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); ); NX26768 Lieutenant James Alexander ‘Jim’ Howard, 2 Platoon (later Major); NX54110 Lt Gordon Roy Bennett, 3 Platoon (POW); NX32109 Lt Gordon Good, Regimental Quartermaster (died in the Sandakan POW camp in north Borneo on 13 July 1945); NX51061 SSgt William Allan Methven, Company Quartermaster (POW); NGX141 Sgt Ronald John Pascoe (KIA in Malaya on 21 January 1942); Smith; NX35271 Lance Sergeant (LSgt) Gregory Blaxland Parramore, (killed in action in Malaya on 9 February 1942; NX55163 Sgt Leonard William Hodgson (POW); NX52465 LSgt Bertram Thomas Phillips (later Lt and POW).
Fifth row: NX59687 Cpl Ronald Stewart Bathurst (died of illness while a POW in Japan on 27 October 1944); Pte Holmes, either NX33584 Pte Gordon Maurice Robert Holmes (POW) or NX35440 Pte William Holmes (died of wounds received in action in Malaya on 15 February 1942); NX33171 Pte Eric Duckwork Bolton (died in the POW camp at Sandakan, north Borneo on 22 June 1945); NX35787 Cpl David Thomas Redgate (POW); Rogers; QX22041Pte Keith McLeod (POW); NX36134 Pte David Mackay Glenn (POW); ); NX52555 Pte William Patrick Kennedy (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya 22 January 1942); NX52751 Pte Leonard Cyril Freeman (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); Pte Ford, either NX32845 Pte Frank Osterley Ford (POW) or NX25447 Pte Robert Ford (POW); NX34341 Pte Joseph Roy Welsh (POW); NX36013 Pte Thomas Herbert Parfrey (died at the Sandakan POW camp in north Borneo on 10 June 1945); NX54693 L Cpl Jack Aldham (POW); NX59215 Raymond Thomas Downs, Signals (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 11 February 1942); NX35523 Pte Ivan Richard Carnegie (KIA in Malaya on 18 January 1942); NX35192 Pte James Maurice Bailey (POW); NX54927 Pte James Dudley Rose (POW); NX35702 L Cpl Albert Alwyn ‘Abbie’ Hutchins (POW); NX59783 Cpl Donald William Isles (POW); Lewis, either NX48301 Pte David Lewis (POW) or NX36043 Pte Lloyd Lewis (POW); NX32625 Pte Robert Edward Johnson (POW); NX52471 CPL Athol William Robert ‘Bill’ Borlase (died of illness while a POW in Thailand on 29 May 1943); NX33196 Pte Alexander Mathieson Sneddn ‘Scotty’ Hamilton (missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942).
Front row: Hutcherson, probably NX56542 Pte George Hutchinson (POW); Merton, probably NX30376 Pte Harold Morton (POW); NX20058 Pte Richard Stewart Swain (POW); NX35648 Cpl Marscus Leo Fitzsimon (POW); Pte McCarthy; NX59483 Pte Frank Brett (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX35976 Cpl Frank Edward Bowditch (KIA in Malaya on 18 January 1942); NX53833 Cpl Hector Arthur Martin from Griffith, NSW (died of illness while a POW in Thailand on 18 June 1943); Heydon, either NX35497 Sgt John Dominick Heydon (POW) or NX35499 Sgt James Patrick Heydon (POW); NX25216 Pte Leslie Gordon ‘Les’ Hicks (discharged 21 July 1942); NX35494 Driver Stanley Brodie Cannon, Transport Platoon (POW); NX33377 Pte Leo Vincent Scully (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX35156 Pte Percival Hall (KIA in Malaya on 23 January 1942); NX68528 S Sgt Gordon MacKenzie Maxwell (POW); NX58017 Pte John Vella (POW); NX33092 Pte Alfred Nolan (POW); NX35353 Pte Horace William Leslie Sams (POW); NX55612 Cpl Peter Richard Wellington (POW); Wright, either NX35877 Pte Cyril Wright (died on 8 June 1945 in the Sandakan POW camp in north Borneo) or NX52553 Pte James Patrick Wright (POW); NX50513 Pte Alfred Henry Derriman (POW); Heydon, either NX35497 Sgt John Dominick Heydon (POW) or NX35499 Sgt James Patrick Heydon (POW); NX35999 Pte Trevor James Thomas (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX23144 Pte George Archibald Kirkby Fullerton (died of illness while a POW in Malaya on 5 September 1942); unknown; Jones.