Territory Stories
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
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/848038 ,
Territory Stories
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
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/848038 ,