Hi List, I have been asked to write an article for our Devonport writers group publication set for early in 2015. I wish to write an article about the two brothers who served in the 2nd 40th Battalion in WW2 these two brothers died during their service in Timor and as a POW during a sea journey to Japan. I am looking for some info in regards to their life from birth and their life prior to joining the AIF. Can anyone help please? Best Regards Tas --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com

You didn't give us their names Tas but I am aware of two Cooper brothers from Lower Wilmot, who would have been 2/40th and suffered that fate when their POW ship was torpedoed by an American submarine late in the war. Bill 8/12/2014 3:15 PM, Tas Browning via wrote: > Hi List, > I have been asked to write an article for our Devonport writers group publication set for early in 2015. > > I wish to write an article about the two brothers who served in the 2nd 40th Battalion in WW2 these two brothers died during their service in Timor and as a POW during a sea journey to Japan. > > I am looking for some info in regards to their life from birth and their life prior to joining the AIF. > Can anyone help please? > Best Regards > Tas > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com > ------------------------------- > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com > Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >