The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Fitzgerald (centre of truck) [WX8586 Pte Basil Fitzgerald] and Les M C Murray (second right, front) [WX10796 Louis McGuffy Murray]. The men’s kit bags are hanging from inside the roof of the truck. Both soldiers were later made prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese. They survived captivity and returned to Australia.
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
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 Park
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
John Ramsbottom [WX14836 Private Jack Kenneth Ramsbottom, later known as John Kenneth Lane and John Lane], 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion, cutting mangrove saplings to use for beds at Winellie Camp. When t
Members of 1RAR ride in the back and in the passenger seat of US Army Reo M35 6x6 2½-ton cargo truck which is transporting them from the Bien Hoa Air Base to the starting point for an operation. Other
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
