| Place | Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Wagga Wagga |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P00102.005 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Wagga Wagga |
| Date made | July 1940 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Collection relating to the service of NX34734 Reginald William James Newton
Description
Group portrait of members of the Griffith, Leeton and Yenda Contingent of the 2/19th Battalion. 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: Private (Pte) Piesley; NX35864 Pte John David Fuks (later 2 Line of Command Provost Company); NX36039 Pte Stanley James Ledwidge (died of disease in Burma on 19 June 1942); NX35444 Pte Vernon Alexander Watson (POW); NX35456 Pte George Cecil Wells (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX52566 Corporal (Cpl) Lindsay Walter Robb; NX36294 Pte Frederick Allan Wood (died of illness while a POW in Thailand on 25 April 1942); NX52565 Cpl Allen Stewart Robb (KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX56124 Staff Sergeant (S Sgt) John Alan Thompson (POW); NX35728 Pte Richard Alfred Godfrey (POW); NX35513 Pte William George Watts (POW); NX56113 Pte Patrick Cregan (POW); NX60333 Pte Laurence Aloysius O'Brien (KIA in Malaya on 19 January 1942); NX35910 Pte Percy Dowell (KIA in Malaya on 19 January 1942); NX35353 Pte Horace William Leslie Sams (POW).
Centre row: NX35970 Pte Edgar Valentine Lithfield (POW); Pte Bloomfield; NX35758 Cpl Thomas Oswald McGrath (POW); NX35926 Pte Thomas Arthur Jiggins (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); Pte Wells; Pte McInness; NX35503 Pte John Costello (POW); NX35742 Pte Ernest William McGrath (POW); NX56112 Cpl Walter Farmes Scobie (POW); NX52352 Sergeant (Sgt) John Richard Perfect (POW); Borland; NX35917 Pte David Thomas Maggs (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 28 February 1942); Anstee (possibly NX35535 Cpl Lawrence Malcolm Anstice (POW)); NX35510 Pte Arthur Hugh (POW); NX35212 Pte Mervyn Hull (POW).
Front row: NX35771 Private Hubert William ‘Jim’ Byron (died of wounds in Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX35935 Corporal Ian Thomas Carlyle Campbell (later Warrant Officer Class 2); NX35847 Cpl Arnold Aubrey Small (POW); NX35848 Pte Ernest Henry Turner (died at the Sandakan POW camp in north Borneo on 18 June 1945); Pte Williams; NX52564 Sgt Marcus Wilfred Leaver (POW); NX60112 Sgt John James Loy (POW) NX34902 Lieutenant (Lt) Frank Garland Beverley (POW); NX52485 Sgt Maurice Joseph ‘Maurie’ Brennan (later Lieutenant and POW); NX58986 Pte Mervin Charles Justice (died of illness while a POW in Japan on 18 April 1943); NX59783 Cpl Donald William Isles (POW); NX35174 Pte Wilfred Stanley Taylor (KIA in Malaya on 20 January 1942); Cpl Hunt; NX35446 Pte John Tucker (POW).