CARLEY, John Joseph
| Service Number: | NX30470 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 June 1940, Paddington, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Chesterfield, United Kingdom, 14 March 1919 |
| Home Town: | Singleton, Northumberland, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | United Kingdom |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Illness, Burma, 4 July 1942, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A12.C.12 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singleton War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX30470 | |
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| 12 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX30470, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion, Paddington, NSW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John Joseph and Emily CARLEY nee SHORT; grandson of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. SHORT, of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.
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Birth record in Australia shows 14/3/1919 however BDM record in England shows birth registered in 1922.
Arrived in Australia on S.S. Largs Bay in 1939.
Occupation Clerk for a Police Department and Farm Hand in Australia where he worked at Greenlands
Enlisted 12/6/1940.
Captured at the fall of Singapore 1942.
Died of illness but cause of illness not recorded.
Survived by brother Cyril Carley of Chesterfield and Michael Talbot(name changed when he was adopted by an aunt after parents died.)
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