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 Japanese Captured Australian Battalions

The information in the following sheet is incomplete, any additional information from ex POWs or their families would be
appreciated, it should be noted that many Battalion Commanding Officers were transferred, replaced, wounded or killed, the
names listed are those considered to have had the most influence with the units.

 

Captured Units Captured Origin Commanding Officer
2/18th Infantry Battalion Singapore New South Wales Lt Col A.L. Varley
2/19th Infantry Battalion Singapore New South Wales Lt Col Anderson
2/20th Infantry Battalion Singapore New South Wales Lt Col A.E. Robertson
2/21st Infantry Battalion Ambon Victoria Lt Col Leonard Roach
2/22nd Infantry Battalion Rabaul Victoria Lt Col John Scanlon
2/29th Infantry Battalion Singapore Victoria Lt Col J.C. Robertson
2/26th Infantry Battalion Singapore Queensland Lt Col A.H. Boyes,
2/30th Infantry Battalion Singapore New South Wales Lt Col F.G. Galleghan
2/40th Infantry Battalion Timor Tasmania Lt Col W.W. Leggatt
2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion Btn Java W.A., Tas., S.A., Victoria. Lt Col Edward D.Lyneham
2/4th Machine Gun Battalion Btn Singapore Western Australia Lt Col Ankatell
2/2nd PioneerBattalion Java Victoria, (52 West Australians) Lt Col J.M. Williams
2/10th Royal Australian Artilley Singapore Queensland Maj A Walsh.
2/15th Royal Australian Artilley Singapore New South Wales Lt Col John Wright
2/1st Heavy Battery Timor New South Wales
2/1st Independent Company Rabaul Victoria
4th Anti Tank Regiment Singapore Victoria Lt Col C.A. McEachern.
105 Transport Company Java Various
2/6th Royal Australian Engineers Singapore New South Wales
2/10th Royal Australian Engineers Singapore Victoria
2/11th Royal Australian Engineers Ambon Queensland
2/12th Royal Australian Engineers Singapore New South Wales Major John Shaw
2/15th Royal Australian Engineers Singapore New South Wales
2/2nd Reserve Motor Transport Singapore South Australia
2/3rd Reserve Motor Transport Singapore New South Wales
4th Reserve Motor Transport Java Victoria Lt Col Chris Black
8th Division Signals Singapore New South Wales
AASC Singapore All States
2/2 Motor Ambulance Singapore Victoria
2/3rd Motor Ambulance Singapore New South Wales
2/9th Motor Ambulance Singapore Victoria
2/10th Field Ambulance Singapore New South Wales
2/12th Field Ambulance Ambon New South Wales
2/2nd Casualy Clearing Station Java Lt Col Norman Eadie
10th Australian General Hospital Singapore Col. E.R. White
13th Australian General Hospital Singapore Col. Douglas C. Pigdon