The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Group portrait of four members of A Company, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion in front of a train locomotive en route from Woodside camp to Alice Springs, Northern Territory. From left to right: Charlie Parke [WX7738 Private (Pte) Charles Spencer Parke]; WX7007 Edward George (Eddie) Burton (died of illness on 21 February 1945, Sandakan, Borneo); A S Parke [WX7724 Pte Albert Sydney Parke, brother of Pte Charles Parke] and unidentified soldier. The three soldiers in this image were from Western Australia and were taken prisoner of war (POW). The Parke brothers survived captivity and returned to Australia. The names in square brackets are the full identifications of the men.
Group portrait of members of 5 platoon, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion beside a train carriage en route from Woodside camp to Alice Springs, Northern Territory. From left to right: Lance Corporal (L Cpl) C
Members of 5 Platoon, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion sit in the back of one of their Ford trucks, number 682, somewhere between Alice Springs and Birdum, a dusty three-day ride. Identified are Basil Fitzge
Former prisoners of war (POWs) enjoy a swim in temporary swimming pools on the deck of HMS Formidable. The men are returning home to Australia from captivity in Japan. In the pool in the foreground (e
Private (Pte) Charlie R Bird [WX9017 Pte Charles Roland Bird], 5 Platoon, A Company, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion on an A frame design bed which the unit constructed for Winellie Camp. A lateral strip of
WX8707 Private (Pte) Frank Nazzari (rear) and John Ramsbottom [WX14836 Private (Pte) Jack Kenneth Ramsbottom, later known as John Kenneth Lane], both of 5 Platoon, A Company, 2/4th Machine Gun Battali
Former prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese, previously held at Wakinohama POW camp, stand outside a tent beside an improvised Australian flag. From left to right: Wally Hutchinson [WX7332 Private