SCHUBERT, Ira Faydor
| Service Numbers: | PA2526, VX90916, 41659 (VX90916) |
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| Enlisted: | 27 January 1942, Port Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/3rd Commando Squadron |
| Born: | Port Pirie, South Australia, 25 July 1923 |
| Home Town: | Unley, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Port Pirie Primary and Enfield Technical College, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | 1 November 1973, aged 50 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Whyalla Cemetery, S.A. |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 27 Jan 1942: | Involvement PA2526, HMAS Cerberus (Shore) | |
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| 27 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PA2526 | |
| 27 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Port Adelaide | |
| 21 Sep 1942: | Discharged | |
| 10 Dec 1942: | Enlisted Royal Park, VIC | |
| 10 Dec 1942: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Trooper, VX90916, 2nd/3rd Commando Squadron | |
| 18 Mar 1946: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Trooper, 41659 (VX90916), 2nd/3rd Commando Squadron |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Hannah Fennell
Ira Faydor Schubert was the fifth child born to Alf and May Schubert, and was known as Spick. He was born in Port Pirie on 25 July 1923, and was educated at Port Pirie Primary SChool and Enfield Technical College in Adelaide.
He began an apprenticeship with Lewis Cabinet Makers of Unley, however the war interrupted and he first served in the Navy, then transferred to the AIF as a commando in the Northern Islands and Borneo.
When the war was over, he escorted Japanese prisoners-of-war back to Japan.
On 3 November 1943, Spick married Joyce Yeoward in the Queen of Angels Church, Thebarton, Adelaide.
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