George Henry CRAFT

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Service Number:	QX13696
Enlisted:	1 July 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, United Kingdom, 27 December 1904
Home Town:	Nudgee, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Illness, Thailand, 3 October 1943, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Grave Location: A2. B. 11., Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, Myanmar
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, QX13696
1 Jul 1940:	Enlisted
1 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Corporal, QX13696, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Kelvin Grove, Qld, Australia.
1 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX13696, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
15 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Reported, as per stated: P.O.W Prisoner of War, 15/02/1942; Medical Condition - Illness, while P.O.W, to his death: 03/10/1943; in accordance with AWM Roll of Honour, & NAA Service Record of Corporal: George Henry CRAFT; SN QX13696.
15 Feb 1942:	Wounded Corporal, QX13696, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore, NOT DISCHARGED Wounded - Specifically: Medical Condition - illness, Outcome - Cause of Death: 03/10/1943; Burma (Myanmar); in a accordance with AWM Roll of Honour, and Naa Service Record of Corporal: George Henry CRAFT; SN QX13696.
3 Oct 1943:	Discharged

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