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2/4th MGB 50th Anniversary Commemorative badge
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Triangular shaped plastic badge with white borders surrounding the yellow and black colour patch of the 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion. Inscribed on front of badge “2nd/4th M.G. BATTALION / 50th ANNIVERSARY / 1990.”
Historical information
Created to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the formation of the 2nd/4th Battalion in 1940. Formed towards the end of 1940 the 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion was made up entirely of Western Australians. They did their initial training at Northam before heading to South Australia for further training. Leaving Darwin in December 1941 they arrived in Singapore on January 25th, 1942, just as the Japanese were preparing to attack. By mid-February one third of the battalion had been killed, wounded, or were missing. The remainder were captured and spent the rest of the war in various concentration camps including the infamous Changi.
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-12-2008.7.9
Item type
Themes
Material
Width
40 mm
Height or length
47 mm
Depth
8 mm
Inscriptions and markings
On front “2nd/4th M.G. BATTALION / 50th ANNIVERSARY / 1990”
Keywords
Place made
Western Australia
Australia
Australia
Year
Primary significance criteria
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Historic significance
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Well provenanced
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-35.030449, 117.912878
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50th Anniversary Commemorative badge of the 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion
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