| Accession Number | P02951.012 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Place made | Malaya |
| Date made | c 1941 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of the Officers of the 2/19th Battalion.
Description
Group portrait of the Officers 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, left to right, back row: NX70592 Lt John Millard Brindley (POW); NX54110 Lt Gordon Roy Bennett (POW); NX12527 Lt Percival Roy Reynolds; NX70190 Lt (later Capt) Alec Fyfe Bathgate (POW); VX38675 Capt Harold Wardale-Greenwood (Chaplain) (died at the POW camp at Sandakan, north Borneo on 18 July 1945); NX12522 Lt Randal Wilson (KIA in Malaya on 11 February 1942); NX12534 Lt Alan Bruce Gollan (POW).
Second row: NX34771 Lt (later Capt) Keith Linden Westbrook (POW); NX52464 Lt Norman Seymour Davidson (POW); NX12600 Lt Alan Gardiner Cope Ibbott (KIA in Malaya on 21 January 1942); NX12538 Lt David James Russell Glasson (KIA at Parit Sulong, Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX58094 Lt John Gregg Weily (POW); NX34960 Lt Stewart Fawcett Burt; NX12601 Lt Byron Donald Geo Crawford (KIA at Parit Sulong, Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX34902 Capt Frank Garland Beverley (POW); NX59618 Lt John MacLean Ritchie (KIA in Malaya on 9 February 1942); NX26768 Lt James Alexander Howard; NX34741 Lt (later Capt) Albert Charles (Joe) Pickup (POW); NX60090 Lt John Ashton Varley (POW); NX34935 Lt George Alexander (Geo) Gill (KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX34662 Lt (later Capt) Frederick Lavicount Harris (POW).
Front row: NX34932 Captain (Capt) (later Major) Charles Hughes Cousens (POW); NX12594 Capt Walter Percy Bracher (POW); NX34967 Capt Thomas Guy Vincent MC (KIA in Malaya on 9 February 1942), NX34742 Lieutenant (Lt) Frederick Gerard Ernest Neild (KIA in Malaya on 12 February 1942), NX12595 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Charles Groves Wright Anderson (POW); NX12575 Brigadier (Brig) D. S. Maxwell, NX12525 Lt Col Roland Frank Oakes (POW); NX34993 Major (Maj) Bert Henry James Bradley (KIA in Malaya on 12 February 1942); NX34734 Capt Reginald William James Newton (POW and later awarded OBE); NX34869 Capt Charlton Fallaw (KIA at Parit Sulong, Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX35149 Richard Lloyd Cahill (POW and later awarded OBE).