Territory Stories

2/4 Independent Company

Details:

Title

2/4 Independent Company,

Collection

WWII Military Units, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Victoria River, Daly River, Roper River,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Army,

Service branch

Infantry,

Unit

2/4 Independent Company,

Date arrived in NT

1942-03,

Date left the NT

1942-09,

History

They arrived by truck from Mt. Isa, March 1942. A platoon was based at Victoria River; B Platoon was based at Daly River and C Platoon covered the Roper with the headquarters at Leichardt's Crossing. They travelled to Timor on the Voyager.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Australia, Army, Commando, 2/4 Independent Company,

File type

image/jpeg,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Australian War Memorial,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm,

Related links

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1027053 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph P04188.001, Second World War, 1939-1945], https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U56149 [4th Independent Company], https://www.defence.gov.au/adc/adfj/Documents/issue_74/74_1989_Jan_Feb.pdf [G. Hourn. Some lessons learnt by the Australian Army in Timor during World War Two. Australian Defence Force Journal No. 74 Jan/Feb 1989: 58-60.], http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM52/25/3/4/ [2/4 Independent Company War Diaries - AWM52, 25/3/4/3], https://lant.on.worldcat.org/v2/oclc/828864691 [Frank Geddes Manuscript Collection 1941-1992: MS29], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=33862 [2/4 Independant Company],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847683,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847683

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/848040,