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2/4 Machine Gun Battalion

Details:

Title

2/4 Machine Gun Battalion

Collection

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

Date

0000-00-00

Location

Dripstone; Winnellie; Singapore

Nation of service

Australia

Service

Army

Service branch

Infantry

Unit

2/4 Machine Gun Battalion

Parent unit

23 Brigade

Date arrived in NT

1941-10-19

Date left the NT

1941-12

History

The Unit was raised in Western Australia and arrived at Winnellie on 19 October 1941. They assisted in construction of various works from Casuarina to Berry Springs and Adelaide River. They travelled on the Westralia and Marella to Port Moresby where they were transferred to the Aquitania for transport to Singapore. They suffered 2500 casualties (killed in action) in the Malaya Campaign and surrendered at Singapore.

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0; Dates: -- Winnellie, 19 October 1941 to December 1941

Language

English

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945; Australia; Army; 23 Brigade; Machine gun; 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion

File type

image/tiff

Use

No known copyright

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT

License

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

Related links

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/36563 [PictureNT : PH0551/0008, Casuarina Beach - Dripstone Caves; Fenced Enclosure on Beach below Cliff, John A. Harris Collection]; https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U56173 [2/4 Machine Gun Battalion]; https://lant.on.worldcat.org/v2/oclc/828864691 [Frank Geddes Manuscript Collection 1941-1992: MS29]; http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=34390 [2/4 Machine Gun Battalion]

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847685

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847685

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