Territory Stories

131 Field Artillery Regiment

Details:

Title

131 Field Artillery Regiment,

Collection

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

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Java,

Nation of service

United States of America,

Service

Army,

Service branch

Artillery,

Unit

131 Field Artillery Regiment,

Alternative unit name

The Lost Battalion,

Parent unit

Blackforce,

Date arrived in NT

1941-12,

Date left the NT

1942-01-10,

History

The Unit arrived in Brisbane on 22 December 1941 on the Pensacola Convoy. They departed Darwin on 10 January 1942. They were attached to Blackforce and captured on Java.,

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, United States of America, Army, The Lost Battalion, 75mm guns, Field artillery, Texas, 131 Field Artillery Regiment,

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/10070/6412 [PictureNT : PH0785/0074, Army personnel, Lewis-Brown Collection], https://www.ozatwar.com/usarmy/131fa.htm [131st Field Artillery Regiment Texas National Guard],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847879,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847953