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Sjt. Hepburn, James Robert 1427448
Pte. Val 'Powerful' Richards TX6412 - 2/40 Infantry Battalion
Pte. Ron Cassidy TX3949 - 2/40 Infantry Battalion
SURVIVORS: Pte. Claude Longey TX4802 and Pte. Arthur Richardson TX3872 - 2/40 Infantry Battalion
The Chilcott family - two generations and two wars
Reinforcements, 40th Battalion, 2nd A.I.F., Brighton, 16 December 1941
L/Cpl. Clyde McKay TX4763 & Dvr. Lloyd Harding TX3675 - 2/40 Infantry Battalion AIF
Pte. Bert Price TX2781 - 2/40 Infantry Battalion & 2/2 Independent Company AIF
Cpl. William E. Garlick TX2759 - 4 Platoon (Carriers, HQ Co.) 2/40 Infantry Battalion
Maj. Adanto D'Amore & Louis Zamperini
Liberated Sparrow Force soldiers in Singapore, Sept 1945
Liberated Sparrow Force POWs in Sumatra, September 1945
Fl/Lt. Jack Lyle MacAlister RAAF MBE DFC
Major-General Timothy Cape VX74788, CB, CBE, DSO - Sparrow Force HQ
Capt. Rolf Baldwin VX50054 - 2/2 Independent Company
Spr. Ken Hickey NX38704 - 2/1 Fortress Engineers
Activities at 2/2 Commando Squadron camp, Rabaul, 5-8 October 1945.
2/2 Australian Cavalry Commando Squadron, Faita
Australian guerrillas on Timor, 8-24 November 1943.
Pvt. Edward Francis Saunders TX8342 - 2/40 Infantry Battalion
Maj. Adanto D'Amore - USAAF Doctor
Lt. John Strickland TX1559 - 2/40 Infantry Battalion
Gnr. Lionel 'Curley' Freeman NX39392 - 2/1 Heavy Battery RAA (& 2/2 Independent Company)
Bdr. Arthur 'Jock' Compton #1552186 - 79th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA
L/Cpl. Maxwell Page TX4089 - 2/40 Infantry Battalion
Cpl. Maxwell Arthur Kerkham TX3735 - 2/40 Infantry Battalion AIF
Cpl. Cedric Jessep NX38660 - 2/1 Heavy Battery RAA
PTe. Bernard Jenkins VX58934 - 2/40 Infantry Battalion
Pte. Keith Hayes WX12317 - 2/2 Independent Company
Gnr. Tom Cunnington WX17588 - 2/1 Heavy Battery
Lt. Harry Medlin SX13860 - 2/1 Fortress Company
Dr. Leslie Poidevin NX71114 - 2/12 Field Ambulance
Sgt. Albert R. Gordon - 31st Infantry, United States Army
Sgt. Bill Rose - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Gnr. Ernie Boswell #1807104 - 79th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery
