The Official 2/26 Battalion Website

In affiliation with the 2/26 Battalion Family & Friends Association Inc.

"This website came to fruition in an attempt to tell the true story the 2/26th Infantry Battalion, (the only Infantry Battalion raised in Queensland; part of the 27th Brigade, 8th Division) played during the Malay Campaign of World War II.... "The 8th Division constituted 14% of the British force but it took 73% of the battle deaths."

LEST WE FORGET

 

Kanchanaburi War Cemetery


CAUSE OF DEATHS

Often a POW would be suffering from 3 or more diseases when he died.  This chart shows the main cause of death.
Other causes of death cover a diverse field including – being shot trying to escape, heart attack, cancer, black-water fever  and kidney disease among others.

 

PLACES OF DEATHS