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BERG, Francis John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | QX9412 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 23 May 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cooroy, Queensland, Australia, 24 October 1919 |
| Home Town: | Cooroy, Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Illness whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Thailand, 9 October 1943, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) Burial reference: - Special Memorial, Plot A10, Row G, Grave 8. Personal Inscription: - "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Cooroy War Memorial, Gympie WW2 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 23 May 1939: | Enlisted | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, QX9412 | |
| 18 Jun 1940: | Discharged | |
| 18 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX9412, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Died whilst a P.O.W at Kami Sonkurai Camp, Siam. Original interment, Kami Sonkurai Camp Cemetery, Grave 223. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - Francis Herbert Berg and Edith Kate Young, (married 14th September 1918 in Bournemouth, Hampshire, England) of Cooroy, Queensland, Australia.
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