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BARWICK, William John Brisbane

Service Number:	QX20025
Enlisted:	30 June 1941, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cunnamulla, Paroo Shire, Queensland, 28 August 1921
Home Town:	Manly, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Illness (POW of Japan), Thailand, 24 June 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Grave Location: Sp. Mem. A5. G. 11. Roll of Honour: Cunnamulla, Paroo Shire, Queensland., Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, Myanmar
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, QX20025, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
30 Jun 1941:	Involvement Private, QX20025, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore
30 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Private, QX20025, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
30 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX20025, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
15 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore

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