C Company

C Company at Batu Pahat, 1941.

Left to right:

Back row:
1) NX37615 - ANDERSON , Kelvin John Eric (Kel), Pte. - C Coy. 13 Pl.
2) NX53042 - SIMPSON, John Thomas (Jack), Pte. - B Coy. 12 Pl. WiA Fort Rose, Doi Sonkurai 3 (Dysentery, Toxaemia following Amputation)
3) NX36545 - WILLIAMSON, Clarence, Pte. - C Coy. Doi Sonkurai 3 (Dysentery, Malaria)
4) NX37297 - DAVISON, William Arthur, Pte. - C Coy. to 2/20 Bn 18/10/1941 to join his brother
5) NX36528 - WOOD, Clarence William, Pte. - C Coy. 13 Pl.
6) NX46619 - KORSCH, John Donald, Cpl. - C Coy. 14 Pl.
7) NX26495 - McMAHON, Bernard Stanislaus (Stonja), Sgt. - C Coy. 14 Pl.
8) NX41134 - EATHER, Walter Barnett, Sgt. - C Coy. 15 Pl. 13 Pl - A/A Pl
9) NX37593 - COMMANS, John Poole (Jack), Pte. - C Coy. 15 Pl. WiA Gemas
10) NX29461 - SPRING, Alan Thomas, Pte. - C Coy. KiA St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore
11) NX47456 - ROWE, Aubrey Nelson (Jack), A/Cpl. - C Coy. 15A Pl. WiA Fort Rose, Doi Sonkurai 1 (Dysentery, Pneumonia)
12) NX54449 - JONES, George Francis McKenzie (Frank), A/L/Cpl. - C Coy. 15 Pl.
13) NX47466 - REILLY, Arthur William, Pte. - C Coy. 15 Pl. Doi Kanburi (Dysentery)
14) NX33725 - SANDS, Richard Arthur, Pte. - C Coy. 15 Pl. KiA Gemas
15) NX37680 - HOLMAN, Trevor Ian, Pte. - C Coy. 15 Pl. Doi Sonkurai 3 (Dysentery)
16) NX36483 - WEISS, Harry Blanch, Pte. - C Coy. 13 Pl. WiA Gemas, Doi Sonkurai 3 (Beri Beri)
17) NX36501 - PRATT, James, Pte. - C Coy. Coy. HQ Pl. WiA Gemas, Doi Sonkurai 3 (Dysentery)
18) NX66981 - DENGATE, Edgar Norman, Lt. - B Coy. O/C 12 Pl. Lt. from 10/11/1941
19) NX37632 - SMEDLEY, Walter Rex, Pte. - C; HQ Coy. 15; Carrier Pl. Driver/Mechanic, Carrier 13; Doi Khorkan
20) NX37476 - GANTLEY, Alfred James, Pte. - BHQ Coy.
21) NX47218 - GRAINGER, Stanley Harold, Pte. - C Coy. 15A Pl.
22) NX37366 - TOWERS, Keith Lloyd, L/Cpl. - C Coy. 14 Pl.
23) NX47760 - MARSH, Stanley Frederick, Pte. - C Coy. 14 Pl. Doi Sonkurai 1 (Cholera)
24) NX36535 - RANDLE, Edward R. (Ted/ Snowy), Pte. - A Coy.
25) NX37317 - LANE, Hector Doyle, Pte. - C Coy. WiA Sempang Rengam
26) NX37604 - HILTON, Emanuel Patrick (Mick), Pte. - D Coy. 16 Pl. WiA Gemas
27) NX37733 - JOYCE, Ronald Joseph, Pte. - HQ Coy. Mortar Pl. KiA Ayer Hitam
28) NX15563 - VINCENT, Horace Robert William (Ossie), Pte. - C Coy. 15A Pl. Doi Nieke (Beri Beri, Dysentery, Anaemia)
29) NX59092 - STARK, Reginald, L/Cpl. - C Coy. 14 Pl. to Rose Force 23/12/1941, KiA Sempang Rengam (D Coy area)
30) NX36556 - HOSKINSON, James Charles (Big Jim), Cpl. - C Coy. 13 Pl. Doi Sonkurai 3 (Beri Beri)
31) NX47445 - CRAIG, Archibald John, Pte. - C Coy. 13 Pl.
32) NX37281 - HAMLIN, Victor Percy (Vic), Pte. - C Coy. 13 Pl.
33) NX37296 - JONES, Ashley Chave, Pte. - C Coy. 13 Pl.
34) NX37498 - JACK, Robert William, Sgt. - C Coy. 13 Pl.
35) NX37304 - CONDIE, Edward Patrick (Ted), Pte. - C Coy.

Third row:
1) NX53537 - CLYNE, Edward Francis (Ted), S/Sgt. - C Coy. CQMS Pl. Doi Sandakan
2) NX47748 - JOHNSON, George Edward Thomas (Big Johnno), A/U/Sgt. - C Coy. 15A Pl.
3) NX32334 - SURTEES, Robert Edward James (Bob), L/Sgt. - C Coy. Ord. Room Pl.
4) NX37951 - MARTIN, Edward Budd, Pte. - C Coy. to MLFDU 17/3/1942
5) NX37607 - CRAM, Jack Gordon, Pte. - BHQ Coy. to AASC 4/10/1941
6) NX4337 - TAYLOR, Blair, Pte. - C Coy. 15 Pl. Rose Force 23/12/41
7) NX36301 - GRIFFITHS, Albert (Nookie), Pte. - C Coy. 15 Pl.
8) NX36377 - RANDLE, Francis George Edward (Frank), Pte. - C Coy. 15 Pl.
9) NX46643 - REARDON, Francis William (Frank), Pte. - C Company, 15 Platoon (not NX29716 - BLACKER, Cecil Richard, Pte. - C Company)
10) NX26943 - TOPHAM, Frank, Pte. - C Coy. 15 Pl. AAOC Boot repair, Changi
11) NX47544 - SWEENEY, Ronald Lennox (Rogo), L/Cpl. - C Coy. 15 Pl.
12) NX47009 - QUIRK, William George, Pte. - C Coy. 15 Pl. Doi Tanbaya (Beri Beri, Dysentery)
13) NX36487 - STEVENS (Stephens), Thomas, Pte. - C Coy. 15 Pl.
14) NX7248 - MAY, Frederick George (Fred), Pte. - C Coy. 15 Pl. Ex "A" Force; sent from Thailand to Japan after Railway completed; Rakuyo Maru torpedoed and sunk 12/9/1944 by US submarine
15) NX53747 - SHAW, Mervyn David, Pte. - C Coy. Coy. HQ Pl. Doi Sonkurai 1 (Cholera)
16) NX36479 - HOLLOWAY, Maxwell George, Pte. - C Coy. 14 Pl. MiA 12/2/1942
17) NX37335 - JENKINS, Edward Rossborough Melbourne (Bernie), L/Cpl. - C Coy. 13 Pl. Doi Tanbaya (Beri Beri)
18) NX915 - EDWARDS, Frederick Henry, Pte. - Repatriated 15/01/1942
or 18) NX46920 - HEDWARDS, Cornelius Michael (Con), Pte. - C Company, 14 Platoon
19) NX51236 - LAWSON, Robert George, Pte. - C Coy. 14 Pl.
20) NX55473 - O'DONNELL, Colin Squire (Col), Sgt. - C Coy. 15 Pl.
21) NX47752 - NEWMAN, Robert John (Bob), Pte. - C Coy. 14 Pl.
22) NX37538 - LITTLEJOHN, George Ernest, Pte. - to 27 Bde 7/10/1941
23) NX47154 - MACOURT, Laurie Leo, Pte. - C Coy. 14 Pl. Doi Kanburi (Lobar Pneumonia)
24) NX47498 - GRANT, Thomas Bertram (Tom ), L/Cpl. - C Coy. 14 Pl.
25) NX37705 - O'ROURKE, Terence Percival (Terry), Pte. - C Coy. 14 Pl.
26) NX37702 - BICKNELL, Thomas John, L/Cpl. - C Coy. 15A Pl.
27) NX46605 - McEWEN, Charles, Pte. - C Coy. 14 Pl. WiA Sempang Rengam
28) NX46640 - PHILP, Sydney Phillip, Pte. - C Coy. 14 Pl. Doi Sonkurai 1 (Cholera)
29) NX46603 - McKENZIE, Donald (Don), L/Cpl. - C Coy. 14 Pl.
30) NX46983 - McLAREN, Hilton Stanley, Pte. - C Coy. 15A Pl. WiA Sempang Rengam
31) NX55568 - CONEN, Sidney Graham (Sid), Pte. - C Company, 14 Platoon
32) NX50287 - LE CLERCQ, Alan Edward, Pte. - C Coy. 13 Pl. Doi Sandakan
33) ? - OSBORN, E.G.
34) NX27012 - SCHOFIELD, Phillip Alfred (Schoey), WO2 - C Coy. CSM Pl. MiD; took over driving of C Coy truck after Tom PEARCE killed at Gemas

Second row:
1) NX37374 - THORBURN, Archibald John Kennedy (Arch), A/U/L/Sgt. - C Coy. Coy. HQ Pl.
2) NX37666 - MAY, Eric Francis (Bunny), Pte. - C Coy. Coy. HQ Pl.
3) NX57422 - RILEY, Neville Thomas, Pte. - HQ Coy. Carrier Pl. Gunner, Carrier 13
4) NX47871 - WALLIS, Edmund Winston (Punter), Pte. - C Coy. 15 Pl.
5) NX36510 - COX, Allan Ray, Pte. - C Coy. 15 Pl. WiA Gemas, Doi Sonkurai 1 (Cholera)
6) NX37558 - MOHR, Frank Arthur, Pte. - C Coy. 15 Pl. MiA 28/1/1942
7) NX54468 - ENNIS, William, A/Sgt. - C Coy. 15 Pl. WiA Sungei Seletar
8) NX50333 - NUGENT, Mervyn Cecil, A/U/Cpl. - C Coy. 15 Pl.
9) NX47004 - ROCKETT, Thomas, Cpl. - C Coy. 15 Pl.
10) NX37616 - DICKINSON, Archibald James, Pte. - C Coy. 15 Pl.
11) NX29283 - JENNINGS, Edward Henry, Sgt. - C Coy. 15 Pl. KiA Sempang Rengam
12) NX16090 - DENTON, Cyril Roy, Pte. - C Coy. 15 Pl. Doi Sonkurai 3 (Dysentery)
13) NX37614 - WITHERS, Dudley James, Pte. - to 8 Div. Sigs. 10/11/1941, MpD
14) NX37583 - KIELY, Thomas Joseph, Pte. - C Coy. to 27 Bde 7/10/1941, Doi Tamaranpah (Cholera)
15) NX33393 - PEGRUM, Reginald Oliver, Pte. - A Coy. to 2/20 Bn 18/10/1941
16) NX37542 - SAVAGE, Alfred Gordon (Gordon), Pte. - C Coy. 15A Pl.
17) NX32588 - CLEMENS, Percival Webster (Mick), Lt. - C Coy. O/C 13 Pl. KiA Gemas
18) NX70458 - MASTON, Ronald Harry (Bomb Happy), Capt. - C Coy. 2 l/c C Coy.
19) NX34738 - LAMACRAFT, Alfred Howard Maudslay, Capt. - C Coy. O/C C Coy. E.D.
20) NX34950 - PARSONS, Ernest John (John), Lt. - C Coy. O/C 14 Pl.
21) NX70690 - CLAYTON, Hedley Stanley (Basher Bill), Lt. - C Coy. O/C 15 Pl. WiA Fort Rose
22) NX36536 - RANDLE, Ernest Harold, Pte. - A Coy. 7 Pl. WiA Tyersall Palace
23) NX46620 - KRUSE, Bruce Edward, Pte. - C Coy. 14 Pl.
24) NX69350 - MITCHELL, Jack (John Earl) (Jack), Pte. - C Coy. 14 Pl.
24) NX72254 - BRENNAN, Reginald Ivan (Reg), Pte. - BHQ Coy. D&P Pl.
25) NX37312 - WILSON, John Whiteman, Pte. - C Coy. 13 Pl. WiA Mandai Rd., MpD
26) NX47787 - DONNELLY, Clifford Gerald, Pte. - C Coy. to 2/20 Bn 18/10/1941
27) NX37282 - COULTAS, Stanley Thomas (Stan), Pte. - C Coy. 14 Pl.
28) NX37294 - FORWARD, Kenneth (Frank Walter Leslie) (Ken), Pte. - C Coy. 13 Pl.
29) NX47104 - KITCHENER, Izra James (Jim), Pte. - C Coy. 14 Pl. Doi Kanburi (Beri Beri)
30) NX47801 - HARRINGTON, Ernest Clarence, Pte. - HQ Coy. Carrier Pl. MpD Singapore Island
31) NX4410 - BYRNE, Neal Broughton Grey, Pte. - C Coy. 15A Pl. Doi Sandakan
32) NX37388 - FINN, James Allen, Pte. - C Coy. 14 Pl. Doi Sandakan
33) NX47377 - FLANAGAN, Frederick Robert, Pte. - C Coy. 13 Pl.
34) NX2538 - JOHNSTON, Ronald Athol, Cpl. - C Coy. 14 Pl.
35) NX37305 - KENTWELL, Ronald (Popeye), Pte. - C Coy. 13 Pl.
36) NX37575 - MITCHELL, Bruce, Cpl. - C Coy. 13 Pl. Doi Kanburi (Post Dysentery)

Front row:
1) NX47925 - RANKIN, Charles William (Bill), Pte. - C Coy. 14 Pl. Doi Sandakan
2) NX37308 - GILL, Leslie Bede (Curlie), Pte. - C Coy. 13 Pl.
3) NX24742 - CHIPPS, Ronald Lawrence, Pte. - C Coy. 15 Pl. WiA Sempang Rengam
4) NX2712 - WEBBER, Harry George, L/Cpl. - C Coy. 15 Pl.
5) NX36532 - FOWLER, Keith Allen (Chook), Pte. - C Coy. 15 Pl. WiA Gemas
6) NX26185 - BUTT, Frederick George (Fred), A/Sgt. - C Coy. 15 Pl. WiA Sempang Rengam
7) NX59062 - BUTT, Edward William Bartlett (Ted), Cpl. - C Coy. 15 Pl. Doi Sonkurai 3 (Malaria, Dysentery, Heart Failure)
8) NX47008 - SILVER, Frank Michael, Pte. - C Coy. 15 Pl.
9) NX36493 - HANNA, Rupert Clyde, Cpl. - C Coy. 15 Pl. Doi Kanburi (Cardiac Beri Beri)
10) NX47542 - SMALL, Mervyn Lindsay (Jimmy), Pte. - C Coy. 15 Pl. Drove out one of the C Coy trucks from Gemas
11) NX47702 - CAVANAUGH, Charles, Pte. - C Coy. MpD Gemas
12) NX17253 - LANE, John Charles (Dinny), Pte. - C Coy. 14 Pl.
13) NX37561 - BLACK, Donald Wrixon (Don), Pte. - C Coy. 13 Pl. WiA Mandai Rd, also B.C.O.F.
14) NX47453 - THOMPSON (Eugarde), Frederick George (Percival) (Percy), Cpl. - C Coy. 13 Pl.
15) NX37631 - KNOX, Raymond Charles (Andy), Pte. - C Coy. 14 Pl.
16) NX57774 - JOHNSON, Timothy, Pte. - C Coy. 13 Pl. Doi Sonkurai 3 (Cerebral Malaria)
17) NX59028 - ERRINGTON, Harry Ronald, Pte. - C Coy. 13 Pl. Doi 105K Burma
18) NX55420 - POLLARD, Leonard Ferris, Pte. - C Coy. Coy. HQ Pl. Doi Khorkan (Tropical Ulcers, Dysentery)
19) NX38682 - McDOUGALL, Eldred Ernest (Jock), A/U/Sgt. - C Coy. 15A Pl.
20) NX37608 - LEE, Arthur, Pte. - HQ Coy. Sig. Pl. to 2/19 Bn 2/2/1943 to join Brother-in-law NX19873 BURNS, Walter John (Wally); D Force S Bn, then Japan
21) NX47351 - DARE, Thomas Lionel, A/Cpl. - C Coy. 13 Pl.
22) NX36533 - WEBSTER, Sidney Linden, Pte. - D Coy. KiA Mandai Rd.
23) NX47295 - EAREA, Harry James Manning, L/Cpl. - C Coy. 13 Pl. Doi Kanburi (Dysentery, Beri Beri)
24) NX47207 - LACEY, Kenneth James, L/Cpl. - C Coy. 13 Pl.
25) NX47279 - BREESE, John Frederick, Pte. - C Coy. 13 Pl. Doi Sonkurai 1 (Dysentery, Peritonitis)
26) NX47209 - KENNEDY, Thomas Joseph Frederick (Tom), A/U/Sgt. - C Coy. 14 Pl.
27) NX37588 - FERGUSON, Ronald John, Pte. - C Coy. 14 Pl. KiA Sempang Rengam
28) NX27652 - LARKING, Cecil James (House Detective), Pte. - HQ Coy. Sig. Pl.

Absent:
1) NX18363 - WHITBREAD, Norman Harold Clement, L/Cpl. - C Coy. 13 Pl. KiA Mandai Rd.
2) NX47566 - PEARCE, Thomas Francis (Tom ), Pte. - HQ Coy. Tpt. Pl. KiA Gemas when driving out C Coy truck, taken over by Phil Schofield
3) NX47011 - PURSE, Frederick William, Pte. - C Coy. 15 Pl. KiA Fort Rose
4) NX55401 - KENT, Charles Sydney, Pte. - C Coy. Ex 2/19 Bn ?/?/?; KiA Causeway
5) NX26865 - POPE, John Sidney Malcolm (Jack), Pte. - C Coy. 15 Pl.
6) NX27065 - PANKHURST, William Ashley, Pte. - C Coy. 15 Pl.