Evelyn George GARNER

GARNER, Evelyn George

    Service Number: QX14018
    Enlisted: 4 July 1940, Kelvin Grove, Qld, Australia
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Tumut, NSW, Australia, 4 March 1916
    Home Town: Kandanga, Gympie Regional Council, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farm Hand
    Died: Died at sea (POW of Japan - Rakuyo Maru), South China Sea, 12 September 1944, aged 28 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Burial at Sea; (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Panel 15, Labuan Memorial (within Labuan War Cemetery) Labuan Federal Territory., Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Gympie WW2, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, QX14018
    4 Jul 1940: Enlisted Sergeant, QX14018, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Kelvin Grove, Qld, Australia
    4 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX14018, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
    15 Feb 1942: Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore
    6 Sep 1944: Embarked Sergeant, QX14018, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Embarked with(1318-POW'S) Ship: "Rakuyo Maru", Singapore; Japanese - Convoy of ships: "HI-72"; Destination: Mainland of Japan - mines; Date and Location of Disaster: 12/09/1944, Off east coast of Hainan Island, Sth China Sea; Cause of Disaster: Unmarked Japanese Transport Ship, "Rakuyo Maru" was torpedoed by USA-submarine - "Sea Lion".

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    Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

    Son of George James & Annie Australia GARNER, of Yass, Southern Tablelands Region, New South Wales.

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