The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The band of 2/22 Battalion about to move off during the Anzac Day Service. The band was unique in that the 23 of the members of the band were originally Salvation Army bandsmen. They enlisted as a band under their Bandmaster, Arthur Gullidge. Major Harry Shugg, in charge of recruiting battalion bands, assigned the band to 2/22 Battalion. The band led the battalion when the 23rd Brigade paraded through the streets of Melbourne, shortly before 2/22 Battalion departed for Rabaul in 1941 as the infantry unit in Lark Force. Only one member of 2/22 Band, VX29061 Private Frederick William Kollmorgen, survived the 1942 New Britain campaign. On 22 June 1942 of an estimated 845 POWs and 209 civilians who embarked from Rabaul aboard the Japanese transport ship MV Montevideo Maru. The POWs were members of 2/22 Battalion, No. 1 Independent Company, and other units of Lark Force. Civilians included officials of the New Guinea Administration and missionaries. The ship sailed unescorted for Hainan Island. On 1 July 1942 all the prisoners died when the Montevideo Maru was torpedoed by a US Navy submarine, USS Sturgeon, off the coast of Luzon Island in the Philippines.
The band of 2/22 Battalion, with the battalion formed up at the rear, about to move off during the Anzac Day Service. The band was unique, as 23 members were originally Salvation Army bandsmen. They e
Studio portrait of VX37496 Private (Pte) Kenneth Rawie Drew, 2/22 Battalion, of Wallaroo SA. Pte Drew was a member of the Brunswick Salvation Army Band. Twenty three members of the Salvation Army band
Starboard side view of the Japanese passenger ship MV Montevideo Maru. On 22 June 1942 an estimated 845 prisoners of war (POWs) and 209 civilians captured by Japanese forces embarked from Rabaul, New
A montage of images, including a line drawing in elevation and plan, of the Japanese merchant ship the MV Montevideo Maru. On 22 June 1942 an estimated 845 prisoners of war (POWs) and 209 civilians ca
Studio portrait of NX54267 Sergeant (Sgt) Victor Ernest Ross Wainwright, 17 Anti Tank Battery. Sgt Wainwright was taken prisoner of war (POW) on New Britain and died when the ship Montevideo Maru sank
Framed studio portrait of QX10308 Private (Pte) Frank Alexander Irvine, 1st Independent Company. Pte Alexander was lost at sea when the Montevideo Maru was sunk on 1 July 1942. On 22 June 1942 an esti
