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History
There is so much to be said and so
little time to say it.
A new book is
released in Feb 2007 that detail the full history of the battalion. See
New Book
See Briefly
for the text of the back cover, briefly giving an overview of the 2/18th
history.
You can also catch up on recent
"history" by reviewing the Battalion's
Newsletters. We now even have Newsletter #001 from 1946!
We also plan to use this page as a
launching point for stories provided by our members and their families, to provide
some details of that early and war time history.
The first of these is not only
history but a mystery. We have located what appears to be a 2/18th bugle.
Read the story of the bugle and let us
know via feedback if you can help us solve the
mystery.
Recently a memorial paying tribute
to lives lost art Parit Sulong was dedicated. Lynette Silver provides
background and pictures at History -
Parit Sulong.
We are very excited to present the
1st of our stories about some of our members, the
O'Grady brothers!
We wish to
also remind you that the story is provided with written permission of Stan
O'Grady on behalf of himself, his brothers and the family. This permission
does not permit the copy, electronic or otherwise of the material presented for
ANY use, personal or commercial, without the express written permission of the
Secretary of the 2/18th Battalion (AIF) Association.
And recently a
letter from Stewart MacLennan
regarding his Dad, Sgt Jack McLennan.
We wish to also remind you that the story is
provided with written permission of Stewart MacLennan on behalf of his father.
This permission does not permit the copy, electronic or otherwise of the
material presented for ANY use, personal or commercial, without the express
written permission of the
Secretary of the 2/18th Battalion (AIF) Association.
And yet another submission,
an extract of Private Dudley
Boughton's diary.
We wish to also remind you that the story is
provided with written permission of John and David Boughton on behalf of their
uncle.
This permission does not permit the copy, electronic or otherwise of the
material presented for ANY use, personal or commercial, without the express
written permission of the
Secretary of the 2/18th Battalion (AIF) Association.
And by way of Jim McCorry in Ireland,
info on his uncle,
Patrick Harrington, born in Ireland, but served in the 2/18th.
We wish to also remind you
that the story is provided with written permission of Jim McCorry on behalf of
Harrington family. This permission does not permit the copy, electronic or
otherwise of the material presented for ANY use, personal or commercial, without
the express written permission of the
Secretary of the 2/18th Battalion (AIF) Association.
We are extremely grateful to Joan Okey & family
for providing this
a copy of a
letter written by her Dad, Major D.T. Okey to his sister
Jessie Okey
(whose pet name was Det). This 16 page letter very briefly outlines
the movements of the unit until the fall of Singapore and then provides
extensive details of the day to day activities of the POWs and various specifics
over the time, including the beginning of the air raids. Very interesting
reading.
2/18 Battalion (AIF) Association - History - NX35116 Okey DT letter to sister
Det dated 19441113 - Part 1 (1st 8 of 16 pgs)
2/18 Battalion (AIF) Association - History - NX35116 Okey DT letter to sister
Det dated 19441113 - Part 2 (2nd 8 of 16 pgs)
Caution! The each part is a 8Mb (i.e. long download at low speed) and in
format .
If you don't already have a copy of the free Adobe Acrobat
PDF (Portable Document Format) Reader, click the
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We wish to also
remind you that the story is provided with written permission of Joan Okey on
behalf of the Okey family. This permission does not permit the copy, electronic
or otherwise of the material presented for ANY use, personal or commercial,
without the express written permission of the
Secretary of the 2/18th Battalion (AIF) Association.
Thanks to Reg Jarman, of 2/10
Field Ambulance, for his photo of the
1942 Canteen Working Party, and thanks to John McGrory for putting names to
most of the faces.
We wish to also
remind you that the story is provided with written permission of Reg Jarman. This permission does not permit the copy, electronic
or otherwise of the material presented for ANY use, personal or commercial,
without the express written permission of the
Secretary of the 2/18th Battalion (AIF) Association.
2/18 Battalion (AIF) Association - History - 1940s Batallion Photo
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