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| + | Two men were captured in Malaya by the Japanese, and 269 others died while members of the unit. | ||
| + | ====Battalion personnel==== | ||
| + | * [[Harold Baldwin]] | ||
| + | * [[George Brushmeyer]] | ||
| + | * [[Joseph James Burrows]] | ||
| + | * [[Albert William Chadwick]] | ||
| + | * [[Herbert James Collier]] | ||
| + | * [[Robert Gale]] | ||
| + | * [[Charles Henry Walter Hansen]] | ||
| + | * [[Stanley Rudolph Jarvis]] | ||
| + | * [[John Hector Russell MacDonald]] | ||
| + | * [[Robert Archibald Edwin Mack]] | ||
| + | * [[Lawrence Gerald McDonough]] | ||
| + | * [[Stanton Edward McKenna]] | ||
| + | * [[Andrew McKenzie]] | ||
| + | * [[Victor Henry Mead]] | ||
| + | * [[Thomas Stanley O'Meagher]] | ||
| + | * [[Walter Vivian Ernest Peters]] | ||
| + | * [[Frederick Joseph Powell | ||
| + | * [[George Lawrance Pryor]] | ||
| + | * [[John Peter Lewis Rymer]] | ||
| + | * [[Edward Arthur Sewell]] | ||
| + | * [[David John Sexty]] | ||
| + | * [[Norman Rees Willacott MID]] | ||
| + | ===Battle Honours=== | ||
| + | * Beaufort | ||
| + | * Borneo | ||
| + | * Busu River | ||
| + | * Defence of Alamein Line | ||
| + | * Defence of Scarlet Beach | ||
| + | * Defence of Tobruk | ||
| + | * El Alamein | ||
| + | * Finschhafen | ||
| + | * Gusika | ||
| + | * Labuan | ||
| + | * Qattara Track | ||
| + | * Sanyet el Miteirya | ||
| + | * Siki Cove | ||
| + | * Tell el Makh Khad | ||
===Individual Honours=== | ===Individual Honours=== | ||
| − | + | * 2 x Distinguished Service Order | |
| − | + | * 6 x Military Cross | |
| + | * 4 x Distinguished Conduct Medal | ||
| + | * 15 x Military Medal | ||
| + | * 51 x Mentioned in Despatches | ||
====Notes==== | ====Notes==== | ||
| − | + | Content has come from ''The Unit Guide - Volume 2 - The Australian Army 1939-1945'' - pages 2.327 to 2.329 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018; and the Australian War Memorial. | |
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Revision as of 15:39, 18 August 2020
 Beaufort. Borneo 27 Jun 1945. Members of the 2/28 Infantry Battalion using a hand railway trolley to move their heavy gear to the new unit position AWM photo 110707. | |
Contents
Brief History
Two men were captured in Malaya by the Japanese, and 269 others died while members of the unit.
Battalion personnel
- Harold Baldwin
- George Brushmeyer
- Joseph James Burrows
- Albert William Chadwick
- Herbert James Collier
- Robert Gale
- Charles Henry Walter Hansen
- Stanley Rudolph Jarvis
- John Hector Russell MacDonald
- Robert Archibald Edwin Mack
- Lawrence Gerald McDonough
- Stanton Edward McKenna
- Andrew McKenzie
- Victor Henry Mead
- Thomas Stanley O'Meagher
- Walter Vivian Ernest Peters
- [[Frederick Joseph Powell
- George Lawrance Pryor
- John Peter Lewis Rymer
- Edward Arthur Sewell
- David John Sexty
- Norman Rees Willacott MID
Battle Honours
- Beaufort
- Borneo
- Busu River
- Defence of Alamein Line
- Defence of Scarlet Beach
- Defence of Tobruk
- El Alamein
- Finschhafen
- Gusika
- Labuan
- Qattara Track
- Sanyet el Miteirya
- Siki Cove
- Tell el Makh Khad
Individual Honours
- 2 x Distinguished Service Order
- 6 x Military Cross
- 4 x Distinguished Conduct Medal
- 15 x Military Medal
- 51 x Mentioned in Despatches
Notes
Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 2 - The Australian Army 1939-1945 - pages 2.327 to 2.329 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018; and the Australian War Memorial.