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BRENNAN, Jack Thomas
Personal Details
Service Number: | QX13275 |
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Enlisted: | 19 July 1940, Mackay, QLD, Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 19 December 1919 |
Home Town: | Mackay, Mackay, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Apprentice Carpender |
Died: | Illness whilst a prisoner of the Japanese , Kanchanaburi F & H Hospital No. 2 POW Camp, Thailand, 25 December 1943, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 1. D. 7 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Mackay St. Patricks School WW2 Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, QX13275, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion | |
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19 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, QX13275, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Mackay, QLD, Australia | |
19 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX13275, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion | |
15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, POW-Prisoner of War: 15/02/1942, official date of surrender of the Allied Forces to the Japanese Forces; Pte-Jack Thomas Brennan, Died of Illness whilst POW captive. | |
25 Dec 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX13275, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, D.O.D. in a POW camp. |
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