Changi shirts - 2

Three shirts, signed by members of the Battalion and donated to Changi Museum in Singapore. The shirts were delivered to the Museum in 2002 by NX32421 - GEOGHEGAN, Mervyn Ross (Joe), Pte. - BHQ Company, Cook

The shirts were signed at Wallgrove Camp in 1940, as some of the men whose names appear on the shirts were discharged from the Battalion in mid 1941.

Signatures identified are:
NX36588 - WARTON, Allen Charles, Pte. - B Company, 10 Platoon
NX66072 - STONER, James Ronald (Ron), A/L/Sgt. - B Company, 10 Platoon, MiD OAM.
could be NX26692 - BLOMFIELD, Alfred Lindsay (Curly), L/Cpl. - A Company, 8 Platoon, WIA Gemas
NX32244 - PURVIS, Frank, Cpl. - B Company, 10 Platoon
NX36278 - MORRIS, Fredrick Stephen, Sgt. - 3 Independent Company - "Cookoo"
NX32970 - LOWE, Leslie, Pte. - 2/30 Bn., discharged 18/4/1941
NX59138 - SULLIVAN, Francis Michael (Sully), A/Cpl. - B Company, 10 Platoon
NX30417 - CHANEY, Robert Charles (Bob), Pte. - B Company, 10 Platoon, to 8 Div. Sigs. 10/11/1941, died of illness Naoetsu Japan, 23/12/1943
NX31676 - JONES, Arthur Ernest, Pte. - D Company, Bugler, discharged Bathurst 4/6/1941
NX26380 - FORD, Alfred George, Pte. - 2/30 Bn., discharged 29/5/1941 - "Steam Ford"
NX30291 - BRENNAN, Henry Elvin (Harry), Pte. - HQ Company, Carrier Platoon
NX20330 - DUNN, James, Pte. - 2/33 Bn., died 13/12/1942, "England for ever"
NX26367 - SMITH, Allan Claude, Pte. - B Company, 10 Platoon, to 27 Bde 7/10/1941
NX26919 - LUTZ, Edward Herman (Ted), L/Cpl. - B Company, Company HQ
NX26885 - LEONARD, Vincent Joseph Augustus (Vince), Pte. - HQ Company, Transport Platoon, Black Jack's driver between Stan CRUMMY and Jack GREEN; Ex "A" Force; sent from Thailand to Japan after Railway completed; Awa Maru; - "Box 56 Yass NSW"
NX27549 - HOCKLEY, James Edward (Nurmi), Pte. - 2/18 Battalion, died 7/7/1943, buried Kanachanburi War Cemetery, Grave 6.D.42.