Survivor! Informal group portrait of A Company 2/18th Battalion in front of huts in Malaya in 1941. Local Dubbo boy Pte Carl George Von Schill is second row, second from left. He survived being a POW of the Japanese. Almost all the young men in the photo, however, either died in combat, as prisoners, or survived the war as POW’s of the Japanese following the surrender of Singapore in February 1942. Photo: AWM.
Third in our series as we approach Anzac Day recognising our veterans’ selfless sacrifices . We provide a comprehensive list of Dubbo High School students who paid the ultimate price to protect their country during World War II
All original research, by local historian Patrick Bourke.
By David Dixon
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