Albert Edgar FINNEY

FINNEY, Albert Edgar

    Service Number: QX9406
    Enlisted: 18 June 1940, Kelvin Grove, QLD, Australia
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 19 November 1915
    Home Town: Eumundi, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Illness, Thailand, 19 September 1943, aged 27 years
    Cemetery: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma)
    (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Grave Location: Sp. Mem. Joint grave A13. A. 17. Roll of Honour: Eumundi, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland., Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, Myanmar
    Tree Plaque: Eumundi Memorial Trees
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Eumundi "In Memorium" Honour Roll, Nambour Maroochy Shire War Dead Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, QX9406, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
    18 Jun 1940: Involvement Private, QX9406, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore
    18 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private, QX9406, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Kelvin Grove, QLD, Australia
    18 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX9406, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
    15 Feb 1942: Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Reported, as per stated: P.O.W Prisoner of War, 15/02/1942, to outcome whilst P.O.W, Cause of Death - Illness, Date & Place: 19/09/1943, Thailand; in accordance with (Pg's 3&4 of 17Pg's) NAA Service Record of Private: Albert Edgar FINNEY; SN QX9406; also AWM Roll of Honour.

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    Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

    Son of Albert Beecham FINNEY & Elsie Violet (nee-RATTLE) FINNEY, of Eumundi, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland.

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