Graham Victor BEITZ

BEITZ, Graham Victor

Service Number: QX16287
Enlisted: 11 July 1940, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, 1 June 1920
Home Town: Wynnum, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Illness (POW of Japan), Thailand, 13 October 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma)
(CWGC) Official Commemoration - Grave Location: Sp Mem. A10 G 2. Roll of Honour: Wynnum Sth, Queensland., Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, Myanmar
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, QX16287, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
11 Jul 1940: Involvement Private, QX16287, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore
11 Jul 1940: Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore
11 Jul 1940: Enlisted Private, QX16287, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
11 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX16287, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion

Died whilst Prisoner of War

Mr. R W Beitz, of Zig Zag Street, Red Hill has been notified that his son, Private Graham Victor Beitz, died of illness on October 13, 1943 while a prisoner of war in Siam.

The Telegraph Monday 15 October 1945 page 5

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Biography

Son of Richard Walter and Alma Amelia BEITZ

Of Red Hill, Qld.

 

Son of Mrs. A A CAVENDISH

Of Richmond Road, Morningside

(next of kin listed in The Courier Mail Thursday 25 October 1945 page 5)