 During the fighting , out of a total of 976 men deployed , the battalion lost 137 men killed in action and 106 wounded , while a further 24 suffered from shell shock . A total of 808 men were taken into captivity , including most of the wounded . Four men managed to escape to Australia but of the remaining men , 263 died while prisoners of war . Following their capture , the men from the 2 / 4th in Singapore were concentrated in Changi prison , before being split up and sent to various prison camps around the Pacific , including Borneo , Burma , Thailand , Java , Sumatra , Japan and Formosa . There they were used as slave labour on the Burma – Thai Railway , in coal mines and on wharves , during which they were subjected to harsh treatment , starvation , disease and extreme brutality , which took a heavy toll . Many soldiers from the 2 / 4th were also killed while being taken to Japan , when the ships were sunk by Allied submarines . 
 During the fighting , out of a total of 976 men deployed , the battalion lost 137 men killed in action and 106 wounded , while a further 24 suffered from shell shock . A total of 808 men <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> taken into captivity , including most of the wounded . Four men managed to escape to Australia but of the remaining men , 263 died while prisoners of war . Following their capture , the men from the 2 / 4th in Singapore <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> concentrated in Changi prison , before being split up and sent to various prison camps around the Pacific , including Borneo , Burma , Thailand , Java , Sumatra , Japan and Formosa . There they <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> used as slave labour on the Burma – Thai Railway , in coal mines and on wharves , during which they <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>were</mark></a> subjected to harsh treatment , starvation , disease and extreme brutality , which took a heavy toll . Many soldiers from the 2 / 4th <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>were</mark></a> also killed while being taken to Japan , when the ships <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>were</mark></a> sunk by Allied submarines . 
During the fighting , out of a total of 976 men deployed , da battalion lost 137 men killed in action and 106 wounded , while a further 24 suffered from shell shock . A total of 808 men was taken into captivity , including most of the wounded . Four men managed to escape to Australia but of the remaining men , 263 died while prisoners of war . Following their capture , tdamen from thda / 4th in Singapore was concentrated in Changi prison , before being split up and sent to various prison camps around thedacific , including Borneo , Burma , Thailand , Java , Sumatra , Japan and Formosa . There they was used as slave labour on the Burma – Thai Railway , in coal mines and on wharves , during which they was subjected to harsh treatment , starvation , disease and extreme brutality , which took a heavy toll . Many soldiers from the 2 / 4th was also killed while bein taken to Japan , when the ships was sunk by Allied submarines .