GREISBACH, Stanley
| Service Number: | QX8702 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 7 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 30 June 1920 |
| Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Illness, Burma, 17 October 1943, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, QX8702 | |
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| 7 Jun 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 7 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX8702, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 Jan 1942: | Imprisoned | |
| 17 Oct 1943: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Stanley was the third of six children of William Francis Greisbach (b1894 in Ipswich, QLD) and Nora Pearl Harris (b1897 in Cobar, NSW). William - a Miner - and Nora married in 1916 in Ipswich, where they settled and raised their family.
In 1940 Stanley was a Miner in ipswich, QLD when he enlsited in the Australian Army as a Private (Service No:QX8702). He embarked for Singapore in 1941 and was taken PoW by the Japanese on 15 February 1942. Stanly was entrained from Changi to Ban Pong with F Force, and then forced to march more than 300 km to the Burmese border, where he worked on the Burma - Thailand Railway. Stanley succumbed to illness and died on 17 October 1943. Brothers William Francis (Private; Service No:QX7033 - a German PoW) and Kenneth Albert Noah (Private; service No:QX28833) also served in WWII.
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