2/28th Infantry Battalion
This brief history of the 2/28th Battalion while in Tobruk and photo were amongst the papers of NEWBERRY, Collin John - WX3391, 515999.
This group photo of the 3rd reinforcements of the 2/28th Battalion was taken before leaving Western Australia and was amongst the papers of HANSEN, Robert Ormond - WX6911.
There are copies of "Tobruk To Borneo", the quarterly journal of the 2/28th Battalion and 24th A/Tank Company Association Inc., listed in the Publications section on this Digital Library.
CANTWELL, Roland Daniel - WX12658 was a Lieutenant in the 2/28th and kept a handwritten notebook with the details of the men in his section.
A copy of the Routine Order No 1587 from HQ 2/28th Australian Infantry Battalion dated 1 August 1942 was amongst the papers of CANTWELL, Roland Daniel - WX12658.
While serving in Borneo, a Japanese sword was captured and returned to Western Australia after the war. The following paperwork was amongst the papers of CANTWELL, Roland Daniel - WX12658.
This collection of photos was posted to the Editor of the 'Tobruk To Borneo', quarterly journal of the 2/28th Battalion and 24th A/Tank Coy. Association. There is no indication of who sent the photos. They were all taken around Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in the Middle East.
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HARLAND, Charles Arthur Martin - WX6978 was in D Company, 2/28th Battalion. He wrote a diary and described in detail the events that his Company took part in. The following names were mentioned in his diary.
Mentioned:
Bob Sharpe, Cpl Elrich, Lt Burton, Lt Hall, Cap Wallace, Royce Bockeman, Leo Lyons, Major Brown, L/Cp, Peacock, Jack Calder, Bill Carter, Jack Ashby, Gus Heath, Peter Retallack, R C Williams, Bill Jansson, Williamson, Andy Torrent, Ken Otley, Cpl Lindberg
Wounded: Arthur Wentworth Oates, Louie Bridgeman, Tyson, Gurney, Lt Kennedy, Taylor, McCormick, Blue Campbell, Bob Ewen, Cpl Bennett, Flugge, Preston, McCann, McAlpine, George Washington Alcock, Hosie, Walters, Milton, Prike, Faulkner, Woosnan, Thompson RL, Harrison, Stone, Errey, Simmons, Frank Waterman, Wilkinson, Woodcock, Hughes, Lindsay, Coleman, Helliwell, albert Edward Dugmore
Killed: Lance Bransby, Eric Connor, Albert Edward Stratton, Max Lyon, Ryan, Alfred William Basley, Hugh Kitchener Guthrie, Ryan Oliver,
Missing: Ashby Calder Carter Peacock Heath Sanders (recovered wounded)
Died of W: Retallack, Jack Woodhouse, Stanton
Evacuated: Ingram, Lt Boekeman, Clohessy, Johnston DH, Gilchrist, Gamble, Grant, Lee FH, Laycock, Lockett, Meldrum, McInerny, Paterson, Welshman, McAdam, Bainbridge
Accidently wounded: William Ewart Salter,