The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Members of the 2/19th Infantry Battalion wave as they leave the detraining wharf on board the ferry Kulgoa. The Kulgoa is taking them to their assigned ship which is waiting to transport them to Malaya. The Battalion was later captured by the Japanese in the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 and most of the men were either killed in action (KIA) or held as prisoners of war (POW). Members of A Company on the top deck include: NX60195 Private (Pte) Alfred Ernest Rumph (POW); NX60211 Pte Roy Badgery Thomas (died as a POW in Thailand on 1 November 1943); NX60200 Corporal (Cpl) Austin Hayden McCoy (POW); NX60214 Pte Kenneth Leonard Robert Stafford (POW); NX35598 Pte Frederick Cousens (died as a POW in Thailand on 3 June 1943); NX60333 Pte Laurence Aloysius O'Brien (KIA in Malaya on 19 January 1942).
At lower windows: NX36013 Pte Thomas Herbert Parfrey (died in the POW camp at Sandakan, north Borneo on 10 June 1945); NX52285 Pte Gilbert Shaw (died in the POW camp at Sandakan, north Borneo on 19 April 1945); NX52490 Cpl Ronald James White (POW); NX56105 Cpl Glen Kenneth Hughes (POW); Donaldson; Reid.
Lower deck: Lynch; NX35709 Pte Ancel Arthur Williams MM (KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX57296 Pte John William Bridge (POW); NX65294 Pte Alan Richmond McGowan (died while a POW in Thailand on 8 October 1943); NX33595 Pt John Carr (POW); NX33597 Pte Walter Stanley Cordingley (later Lieutenant); NX35234 Signalman William Bryce (died while a POW in Thailand on 20 October 1934); NX58490 Pte Keith Ernest Tyson (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 22 January 1942); NX35403 Pte George Frederick Thomas McNabb (reported missing presumed KIA 22 January 1942 in Malaya); NX35481 Sergeant Frederick Howe (POW); NX35483 Pte George Bradshaw (reported missing presumed KIA in Malaya on 8 February 1942); NX35600 Cpl Stanley Thomas Timmins Cox (POW).
Group portrait of members of Headquarters Company, 2/19th Battalion. The Battalion was later captured by the Japanese in the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 and most of the men were either kille
Group portrait of members of A Company, 2/19th Battalion at Port Dickson, Malaya. The Battalion was captured by the Japanese in the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 and most of the men were eithe
Group portrait of members of `B' Company, 2/19th Battalion, at the Negri Sembilan Cricket Club. The Battalion was captured by the Japanese in the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 and most of the
Group portrait of members of `A' Company, 2/19th Battalion, at the Negri Sembilan Cricket Club. The Battalion was captured by the Japanese in the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 and most of the
Group portrait of members of C Company, 2/19th Battalion. The Battalion was captured by the Japanese in the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 and most of the men were either killed in action (KIA)
Group portrait of members of `A' Company, 2/19th Battalion at Port Dickson, Malaya. The Battalion was captured by the Japanese in the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 and most of the men were eit
