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2/4 Pioneer Battalion

Details:

Title

2/4 Pioneer Battalion,

Collection

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

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Batchelor, Fannie Bay, Bagot and McMillan's Rd. Junction, Winnellie Camp, McMinns Siding, Noonamah 27.5 Mile camp, Casuarina Coastal Reserve, Dripstone Caves, East Point,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Army,

Service branch

Engineers,

Unit

2/4 Pioneer Battalion,

Parent unit

Fortress, Sparrow Force,

Date arrived in NT

1941-11,

Date left the NT

1942-03,

History

The Battalion was on the Meigs and the Mauna Loa in the Timor Convoy which returned to Darwin on 18 February 1942. They remained in Darwin for 13 months before departing for Morotai, Borneo, Sarawak and Kuching.,

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, Fortress, Sparrow Force, Engineers, 2/4 Pioneer Battalion,

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/C59496 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 066640, Second World War, 1939-1945], https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U56189 [2/4 Pioneer Battalion], https://lant.on.worldcat.org/v2/oclc/828864691 [Frank Geddes Manuscript Collection 1941-1992: MS29], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=33405 [2/4 Pioneer Battalion],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847686,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847686

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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/848037,