Louis Crossing

Hi John,

You can find his record here:

The regimental number is WX13051.

Cheers,
Louis

The linked website no-longer exists (the domain name is not registered anymore) so I have removed the link.

The committee has accepted this proposal.

Hi Paul,

Our president, Peter, has emailed you directly.

Thanks Ed. This has now been added to the links section.

Hi Jane,

The following information has been relayed to me from one of our committee members.

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Hector Fleetwood Burn’s digitised service record is available on the National Archives of Australia web site: http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/NameSearch/Interface/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=6357762&isAv=N

His record does give dates and some other details of his service with the 2/2.

All the 2/2 unit histories make scattered references to the 2/40 and men from other units who escaped from Dutch Timor to Portuguese Timor and were incorporated into the 2/2.  Reading these references would give Jane a good idea of Hector’s personal experience that would have essentially been the same as all the other men.

The only specific reference I could find to Hector Burn was in Ayris: 2/2 Nominal Roll p.498, 2/2nd men who joined from Dutch Timor, BURN, HF TX1582.

See Cyril Ayris. - All the Bull's men: no. 2 Australian Independent Company (2/2nd Commando Squadron). - [Perth, W.A.]: 2/2nd Commando Association, c2006.

The other unit histories are listed at:

https://www.awm.gov.au/unit/U56147/

See also: Paul Cleary. - The men who came out of the ground: a gripping account of Australia's first commando campaign: Timor 1942. - Sydney: Hachette Australia, 2010.

All these unit histories can be sourced using your local public library service.

 

I hope it's able to help a bit.

Hi Jim,

We've now added some more information about books and other resources to our website.

You can find it at the bottom of this page: https://doublereds.org.au/history/story/

Cheers,

Louis