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This unit had previously been 23 Anti Tank Company and was redesignated 17th Anti Tank Battery (less C Troop) on 9 August 1941. Commanded by Captain G. Matheson, E.D. (VX45210). Arrived in Rabaul on 29 September 1941 with 110 all ranks.
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Archival Resources- American and Japanese accounts of the sinking of Montevideo Maru by USS Sturgeon while carrying Allied POW's from Rabaul to Hainan, July 1942, 1942 - 1974, AWM 54 779/1/26/A; AWM 54 Written records 1939-45 War; CA 46 Department of Defence [III], Central Office; Australian War Memorial Research Centre.
Transcripts- Summary of the nominal roll of 17th Anti-Tank Battery from the Zealandia embarkation to Rabaul on 9 September 1941 [Document]
Date: 1945 Source: AWM 54 779/1/26/A; Australian War Memorial Research Centre.
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 A.I.F. 17 Anti Tank Battery
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