The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of NX14552 Private (Pte) Keith Athol Barker, 2/18 Battalion, of Copmanhurst, NSW. Pte Barker enlisted in May 1941. Throughout 1941 the 2/18th Battalion was training and preparing defensive positions, in Malaya and Singapore, against the increasing likelihood of invasion by Japanese forces. Singapore fell to the Japanese on 15 February 1942 and Pte Barker was listed as missing and presumed dead the same day. He was 21 years of age.
Studio portrait of NX40307 Private (Pte) Douglas Hume Brotchie, 2/18 Battalion of Gunnedah, NSW; formerly of Glasgow, Scotland. Pte Brotchie enlisted in the 2nd AIF on 19 June 1940. The 2/18th Batt
Studio portrait of NX34248 Sergeant (Sgt) Phillip Charles Murray, 2/20 Battalion, of Dulwich Hill, NSW. Sergeant Murray enlisted in June 1940. After training in Australia the 2/20th embarked for S
Portrait of NX59612 Private (Pte) George Arthur Dowling, 2/20 Battalion, of Armatree, NSW. Shortly after arriving in Singapore on 18 February 1941, the battalion moved to south-west Malaya for trainin
Informal portrait of NX32671 Private (Pte) John Bede Quigly, 2/19 Battalion, of Crows Nest, NSW. Quigly's battalion arrived in Singapore on 18 February 1941 and moved to southern Malaya for further
Letter of NX51170 Acting Corporal Ray Barker (2/19th Battalion) to his girlfriend shortly before the fall of Singapore, describing his retreat with Australian forces from Malaya to Singapore, and a le
Informal outdoor portrait of QX15623 Private (Pte) Arthur Henry Norman, 2/29 Infantry Battalion. Pte Norman enlisted on 28 May 1941. He was listed as presumed dead in Malaya on 10 February 1942, aged
