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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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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/848038,