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Revision as of 15:55, 18 August 2020
 Beaufort. Borneo 27 Jun 1945. Members of the 2/28 Infantry Battalion using a hand railway trolley to move heavy gear to their new position AWM photo 110707. | |
 25 Jun 1943 The 2/28th practice a beach landing with the US 532nd Engineer Boat & Shore Regiment. AWM photo 052924 | |
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.