| Place | Asia: Malaya, Negri Sembilan, Seremban |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P00102.008 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Place made | Malaya: Negri Sembilan, Seremban |
| Date made | June 1941 |
| 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 Warrant Officers and Sergeants of the 2/19th Battalion. This 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: NX65738 Sergeant (Sgt) Robert Halley Gibson (died of injuries in Malaya on 17 August 1941); NX56121 Sgt Vernon Stanley ‘Vern’ Carn (later Lieutenant (Lt) and POW); NX36074 Sgt Roy Vincent Hallinan (discharged 28 August 1942); NX52477 Sgt Neville Ford Douglas, (later Lt and POW); NX52528 Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Eric Clifford Mitchell (POW); NX14955 Sgt Harold Ernest Burchell, (POW); NX56130 Sgt Arthur Henry Holm (POW).
Second row: NX35271 Lance Sergeant (LSgt) Gregory Blaxland Parramore (KIA in Malaya on 9 February 1942); NX51735 Sgt Christopher Guerin (POW); NX55098 Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Oswald James Layton (KIA in Malaya on 10 February 1942); NX52485 Sgt Maurice Joseph Brennan (later Lt and POW); NX52530 SSgt Samuel Edward Cameron (POW, returned to Australia and died of illness on 21 October 1945); NX52465 LSgt Bertram Thomas Phillips (later Lt and POW); NX35623 Sgt Richard Jenkins (died of illness while a POW in Burma on 18 August 1942); NX52124 Sgt John Allan Thompson (POW); NX57909 Sgt William Gordon Minto (POW).
Front row: NGX141 Sgt Ronald John Pascoe (KIA in Malaya on 21 January 1942); NX52532 Sgt Ralph Everett Sanderson (later Lt and POW); NX55227 WO2 Valentine Charles Caspar Middleton (POW); NX60112 WO2 John James Loy (POW); NX65334 WO1 John Menzies Gillespie, Regimental Sergeant Major (POW); NX65918 WO2 Thomas Ingram Mood (KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX65522 WO2 Irving Robert Henrys, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant (discharged 10 October 1941); NX33624 WO2 Edward Walter Turner, Company Sergeant Major (POW and died at sea en route to Japan on 6 September 1944); NX59399 WO2 Frank Bertram Brady, Company Sergeant Major (missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 11 February 1942); NX36306 SSgt Roy Edmonds (POW); NX60348 Pte Eric Ronald Davis, Division Pay Office (died of illness in Japan on 28 April 1943 as a POW); NX36370 Sgt Desmond Henry Mulcahy (POW); NX56207 Sgt Frederick Claude Meale, Transport Sergeant.