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Black and white photograph of 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion
c. 1941Overview
Black and white photograph of 140 men of the 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion. Photograph mounted on cardboard. Penciled signature under photograph lower left-hand corner.
Historical information
The 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion was formed late in 1940 comprised entirely of Western Australians. After initial training in Northam W.A. they were moved to Adelaide then Darwin. Sailing via New Guinea, Sydney and Fremantle they eventually landed in Singapore just as the Japanese were preparing to attack the city. Within weeks a third of the battalion were either killed, missing or wounded and the remainder were imprisoned in POW camps.
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-12-2008.7.6
Item type
Themes
Material
Width
387 mm
Height or length
150 mm
Inscriptions and markings
Unknown signature
Keywords
Place made
Western Australia
Australia
Australia
Year
Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Scientific or research significance
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Well provenanced
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Geotag
-35.030449, 117.912878
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Black and white photograph of 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion
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