Basil Neil JOLLY

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Service Numbers:	T25482, TX10769
Enlisted:	3 July 1941, 2/40th Infantry Battalion with service in Timor - family oral history. There is a Sept 1942 attestation form to 12/40th for service number TX10769 showing he was already currently serving with a different service number (T25482). We also have physical copies of various documents showing the following dates. According to the AMF Soldier's Record of Service Book, his Date of Enlistment was 3 July 1941. This is repeated in a copy of his Application for Release, which states Date of Attestation 20 March 1941 and Entered camp 3 July 1941. His Demobilisation Procedure Book No. 242559 states Commenced Full-Time War Service on 12 September 1941. We also have photos that show him in uniform with 2/40th colour patch on his sleeve.
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	12/40 (12/50) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	SYDNEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA, 19 March 1913
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	5 March 1988, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Huon Lawn Cemetery, Tasmania
Memorials:

3 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , T25482, 2/40th Infantry Battalion with service in Timor - family oral history. There is a Sept 1942 attestation form to 12/40th for service number TX10769 showing he was already currently serving with a different service number (T25482). We also have physical copies of various documents showing the following dates. According to the AMF Soldier's Record of Service Book, his Date of Enlistment was 3 July 1941. This is repeated in a copy of his Application for Release, which states Date of Attestation 20 March 1941 and Entered camp 3 July 1941. His Demobilisation Procedure Book No. 242559 states Commenced Full-Time War Service on 12 September 1941. We also have photos that show him in uniform with 2/40th colour patch on his sleeve.
2 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, TX10769, 12/40 (12/50) Infantry Battalion AMF
17 Jan 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, TX10769, 12/40 (12/50) Infantry Battalion AMF

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