Frederick Leslie ATKINS

ATKINS, Frederick Leslie

    Service Number: QX10551
    Enlisted: 22 June 1940, Maryborough, QLD, Australia
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Aldershot, Rushmoor District of Hampshire, England, 24 September 1909
    Home Town: Hivesville, South Burnett, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Illness, Burma, Thailand, 12 December 1943, aged 34 years
    Cemetery: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma)
    A16. H. 3. , Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, Myanmar, Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Hivesville War Memorial, Murgon Memorial Wall, Murgon RSL Honour Board, Murgon War Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, QX10551, 2nd Infantry Training Battalion
    22 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private, QX10551, 2nd Infantry Training Battalion, Maryborough, QLD, Australia
    22 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX10551, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
    1 Dec 1940: Involvement Private, QX10551, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
    1 Dec 1940: Transferred Private, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Transferred: 01/12/1940, From-2nd Training Battalion -To- [2/26 Bn] 2nd/26th Australian Infantry Battalion; (NAA, Pg-3).
    20 Nov 1941: Promoted Corporal, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, (NAA, Pg-4)
    15 Feb 1942: Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore
    15 Feb 1942: Involvement Corporal, QX10551, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore, (NAA, Pg's-3, 4)

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Roll of Honour: Hivesville, Sth Burnett Region, Qld.

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