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CARROLL, Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | Q145199 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 January 1942, Kelvin Grove, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 39 Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia, 3 November 1923 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Junior Labourer with Evans Deakin & Coy |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 9 December 1942, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Burial reference: - Plot B5, Row E, Grave 18. Personal Inscription: - "HE DID HIS BEST". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 19 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Private, Q145199, Kelvin Grove, Queensland | |
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| 19 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q145199, 39 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 20 Jan 1942: | Involvement Private, Q145199 | |
| 9 Dec 1942: | Involvement Private, Q145199, 39 Infantry Battalion AMF, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - Thomas Carroll and Emma Schmidt married 28th August 1917 in Brisbane, of Paddington, Queensland.
Joseph stated his birth date on the Attestation papers as 22nd November 1922, Queensland Births, Deaths and Marriages states born 3rd November 1923, Registration Details, 1923/B/81882.
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