Battalion & Group Photos
Below is a selection of surviving 2/4th Machine Gun battalion photos taken prior to departure for war.
Additional group photos that have been made available to association have been published here, some for the first time.
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased soldiers.
![A Company](/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/A-Company-1024x407.png)
A Company #4 Platoon
Back L-R J Roberts, HW Waghorn, L Greaves, HM Rubery, JA Connolly, AB Facey, JO Street, AM Hack, AD Symons, AV Badger, CS Parke, HH Taylor, JC Heffernan, EG Burton.
Centre Rear JE Sands, HE Proctor, C Harris, RC Wilson, EJ Clarke, L Hunt, RJ Baggs, AAM Brazier, EH King, F Nazzari, F Hernon, FC Moore, CD Astill, LJ McGrath, R Godfrey
Centre Front WJ King, HB Lear, DJ McMahon, EN Bates, WA Wilson, RD Hampson, AW Thomas, FG McCaffrey, W Burgess, KT MacLennan, DM O’Leary, M Armstrong, EA Gill, AR Beattie, MR Docking, J Young.
Front CE Burns, AS Oag, RJ Miller, R Hill, WJ Stone, AJ Barnes.
A Company No 5 Platoon
Back Row, —-, DF Sterritt, FG Kerwin, JB Gilmour, EA Watt, J Scales, WT Haywood, RP Elvish, AS Parke, LM Murray, RK Gregory, RE Hughes, TM McMahon, RC Reed.
Centre, LR Rayner, N Armstrong, EJ Ovens, JS Elliott, NHE Thompson, LC Helmrich, B Fitzgerald, RW Chipperfireld, JB Mellor, EJ Holst, JK Ramsbottom, (Lane), J Alderton, DJ Davies, J Borrow.
Front CJ Vidler, Sands, N Hayes, AJ McGhee, J Gilmour, JJ Dore, JH Sherman, Lt AB Walton, RH Cornish, HE Shaw, RC Tuffin, J McDonald, ? Williams, RK Gregory, TA Minchin.
![A Company No 6 Platoon](/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/A-Company-No-6-Platoon-1024x696.jpg)
![B Company](/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/B-Company-1024x599.png)
![B Company Headquarters](/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/B-Company-Headquarters-1024x703.jpg)
![B Company No 8 Platoon](https://2nd4thmgb.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/B-Company-No-8-Platoon-1024x696.png)
B Company No 8 Platoon
B Company No 9 Platoon
C Company
C Company Headquarters
![C Company No 10 Platoon Back L-R, DT Manning, ----, WR Morris, AA Adams, LS Hummerston, KT Hayes, ? Armstrong, RR McCaskill, CG Henderson, AH Dyson, R Hadfield, LJ Marriott, N Jones, F Carroll. Centre, WW Reeves, KG Moir, LD Byrne, FT McGlinn, KJ Howell, E Ricketts, DA Matheson, RJ Carlisle, LN Holtzman, ----, GN Burslem, ----, SK Wenn. Front , CG Ferrie, GL Burdon, E Godfrey, HC Fuhrmann, HJS Fidge, RC Fullarton, Lt VT Warhurst, FW Webb, J Aberle, C McLennan, CK McDonald, FJ Baxter, W McKay. Seated, J Clare, CW Anderson, CW White.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/C-Company-N-10-Platoon-1024x457.jpg)
Back L-R, DT Manning, —-, WR Morris, AA Adams, LS Hummerston, KT Hayes, ? Armstrong, RR McCaskill, CG Henderson, AH Dyson, R Hadfield, LJ Marriott, N Jones, F Carroll.
Centre, WW Reeves, KG Moir, LD Byrne, FT McGlinn, KJ Howell, E Ricketts, DA Matheson, RJ Carlisle, LN Holtzman, —-, GN Burslem, —-, SK Wenn.
Front , CG Ferrie, GL Burdon, E Godfrey, HC Fuhrmann, HJS Fidge, RC Fullarton, Lt VT Warhurst, FW Webb, J Aberle, C McLennan, CK McDonald, FJ Baxter, W McKay.
Seated, J Clare, CW Anderson, CW White.
C Company No 11 Platoon
C Company No 12 Platoon
![D Company](/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/D-Company-1-1024x378.jpg)
![Rear L-R, AE Regillas, GV Hadden, TH Edwards, SA Osborne, RS Barr, W Hicks, JP Clancy, WL Thomas, TA Woods, DW Thomas, BF Poulton, JH Blackborrow, PJ O’Meara, TF Doyle. Centre, HJ Worsdell, RJ Ham, PL Westlake, HAT Chivers, EJ Hope, AR Attenborough, JE Smith, AD Winter, WE Lynn, EH Mann, A Worth, AJ Jones, TH Lewis. Front, P Moltoni, B Evans, A Cryer, J McDonald, WGR Stuart, DR Horn, D Colevas, Lt TH Tompkins, AW Rickard, C Wells, H Turnbull, L Poyner, IW Jones, G Hancock.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/D-Company-No-14-Platoon-1024x410.jpg)
Centre, HJ Worsdell, RJ Ham, PL Westlake, HAT Chivers, EJ Hope, AR Attenborough, JE Smith, AD Winter, WE Lynn, EH Mann, A Worth, AJ Jones, TH Lewis.
Front, P Moltoni, B Evans, A Cryer, J McDonald, WGR Stuart, DR Horn, D Colevas, Lt TH Tompkins, AW Rickard, C Wells, H Turnbull, L Poyner, IW Jones, G Hancock.
![D Company No 15 Platoon Back L-R -----, R Williams, EJ Leadbitter, EC Kemp, FM Barrymore, -----, DA Annear, FL Taylor, KS Mitchell, R Semple, F Armstrong, R Craig, JE Fraser, AL Pitts. Centre, EG Moir, GR Rouse, ----, PA Giese, ----, B Harrison, , ----, LA Blair, FDJ Clarke, ----, R Whitford, AJ Bell, G Bousefield, WJ Beer. Front, C Holmes, CJ Spackman, GT Shelton, ----, M Fuller, J McSkene, Lt JT Meiklejohn, J Solly, J Thorpe, ----, AL Tapper, EG Taylor, E Shackleton, M Armstrong, PA Gardiner, JE Tregenza.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/D-Company-No-15-Platoon-1024x422.jpg)
Back L-R —-, R Williams, EJ Leadbitter, EC Kemp, FM Barrymore, —-, DA Annear, FL Taylor, KS Mitchell, R Semple, F Armstrong, R Craig, JE Fraser, AL Pitts.
Centre, EG Moir, GR Rouse, —-, PA Giese, —-, B Harrison, , —-, LA Blair, FDJ Clarke, —-, R Whitford, AJ Bell, G Bousefield, WJ Beer.
Front, C Holmes, CJ Spackman, GT Shelton, —-, M Fuller, J McSkene, Lt JT Meiklejohn, J Solly, J Thorpe, —-, AL Tapper, EG Taylor, E Shackleton, M Armstrong, PA Gardiner, JE Tregenza.
HQ Coy No1 (Signals) Platoon
![](https://2nd4thmgb.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/No-2-Platoon-Ack-Ack-1024x696.png)
Back Row L-R J.Murphy, R.Todd, A.Jones, J.McGinty, J.Isaccs, H. Harrison, W. Tucker, C. Thachrah, J.Stevens
Front Row L_R M.Wilkinson, H.Scaddan, F.Annesley, W.Innes, Lt J.Royce, C. Phillips, R.Smith, A. Hayes, R.Lyle, E Jones.
![Military Drill Display Northam Show 24/09/1941 Reinforcements General not allocated at that stage. Back row L-R L/cpl McGhie, Pte Smith, Trigwell, Smith, Lewis, Godden, Cake, Lucas, Foster, L/cpl Hatch Centre Sgt Graham, Pte Salter, Atkinson, L/cpl Boyle, Pte Knight, Shepherd, Doherty, Sloan, Pierce, Dawson, Perkins, Anderson, Watts, Cpl Scott. Front Pte Brown, L/cpl Negri, Pte Pascall, Mc Glinn, Holt, Lieut Gibson, (A Coy Comm), Lieut Branson (Display Comm), Pte Hardey, O’Brien, Carwardine, Barrett, Laurence, L’Cpl Beck (Drummer)](/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Reinforcements-General-1024x416.jpg)
Reinforcements General not allocated at that stage.
Back row L-R L/cpl McGhie, Pte Smith, Trigwell, Smith, Lewis, Godden, Cake, Lucas, Foster, L/cpl Hatch
Centre Sgt Graham, Pte Salter, Atkinson, L/cpl Boyle, Pte Knight, Shepherd, Doherty, Sloan, Pierce, Dawson, Perkins, Anderson, Watts, Cpl Scott.
Front Pte Brown, L/cpl Negri, Pte Pascall, Mc Glinn, Holt, Lieut Gibson, (A Coy Comm), Lieut Branson (Display Comm), Pte Hardey, O’Brien, Carwardine, Barrett, Laurence, L’Cpl Beck (Drummer)
![2nd4th Rangetakers](/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2nd4th-Rangetakers-1024x776.jpg)
Photo courtesy of the Gaze family Borden (WX9337, A.D.Moir)
First N.C.O. School Northam 1941
![](https://2nd4thmgb.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ascot-Nov-1940-1-1024x494.jpeg)
![](https://2nd4thmgb.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ascot-Nov-1940-2-1024x569.jpg)
![8th Platoon marching in Perth](/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/8th-Platoon-marching-in-Perth-1024x775.jpg)
No3 Platoon Northam march.
![9 Platoon B Coy - F.J. Dorrington](/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/9-Platoon-B-Coy-F.J.-Dorrington12012017-1024x816.jpg)
![2nd4th marching in Hay St prior to departure](/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2nd4th-marching-in-Hay-St-prior-to-departure12012017-1024x804.jpg)
‘A’ Battalion march Northam – Perth 1941
![Thomas Fotheringham, Back row, far left](/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Thomas-Fotheringham-Back-row-far-left17012017-1024x828.jpg)
![Unknown](/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Unknown30012017-1024x559.jpg)
![EPSON MFP image](/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/GROUP-DORRINGTON-1024x633.jpg)
Possibly members of B Coy No 9 Pln.
![Rear L-R Doug Carter, Frank Hinds Front -----, -----, Joe Lynch](/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Carter-Hinds-Lynch-717x1024.jpg)
Front —–, —–, Joe Lynch
![A Coy 6 Pln Woodside SA, photo courtesy Tom Limbourn](/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Howard-EJ-1024x617.jpg)
2/4th survivors of Ohama Japan, Schuts Whitlaw Poulton Oag Worth Walker
![2/4th Cricket Team - Property of Geoff MacDonald, nephew of Lindsay Murray MacDonald, standing 2rd from Right.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/MacDonald-Lindsay-Murray-e1491981141211.jpg)
Members of B Company en-training
ANZAC Day parade
ANZAC Day parade
![Service commemorating 65 years since VJ Day - 2010](/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/veterans-2010-1024x604.jpg)
No3 Platoon drivers
No2 Platoon Ack Ack
![R Todd JP Murphy HW Scaddan WJ Tucker J Isaac RR Lyle](/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/mrsangus-copy-copy-2-1024x579.jpg)
Train to Darwin
Meal Time
![](https://2nd4thmgb.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Warhurst-C-company-1024x768.jpg)
Front L-R F.Halbert, G.Burdon, K.McDonald, W.McKay, R.Hadfiled
![2/4th](/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Lge-Group-1024x708.jpg)
Photo courtesy Margaret Thompson (WX9157 A.L.Tapper)
Photo courtesy Margaret Thompson (WX9157 A.L.Tapper)
![](https://2nd4thmgb.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Gang-of-7-1024x775.jpg)
Standing L-R Ron Evans, Jack Kyros, Claude Gault, Merv Wilkinson.
Front, Vern Hoppe, Bill Grundy, Ted Cosson