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Repatriated
| Returned by Ship - 1945
| Returned by Air - 1945 |
Anzac Day March - Sydney |
Reunions
A few Battalion members escaped from Singapore, and either made their
way to Java, or ended up in Ceylon. They eventually made their way back
to Australia on various ships.
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Abbekerk, arrived Fremantle 5/3/1942
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HMAS Bendigo, arrived Fremantle
8/3/1942
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Edendale, arrived Fremantle 5/3/1942
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HMS Pangkor, arrived Batavia
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Stirling Castle, arrived Melbourne 28/3/1942
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Stirling Castle, arrived Melbourne 13/8/1942
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Thepsatri Nawa, arrived Fremantle 6/3/1942
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Zaandam (Zaan Dam), arrived Fremantle 7/3/1942
Some of them later served
with other Australian units in New Guinea, returned to
Singapore in 1945 with the
POW Reception Groups, or served
with the BCOF in Japan after the war.
(Source: NAA: MP729/7, 42/421/750; NAA: MP1049/5, 2026/16/569)
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