HARTLEY, Arnold Clifford Lester
| Service Number: | QX14895 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 July 1940, Kelvin Grove, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1 Company Australian Army Service Corps |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 20 October 1915 |
| Home Town: | Goomeri, Gympie Regional Council, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Truck Driver |
| Died: | Illness, Japan, 22 May 1943, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Yokohama War Cemetery Aust. Sec. B. B. 14. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Goomeri & District Honour Roll WW2 and Other Conflicts, Goomeri Hall of Memory, Goomeri Memorial Clock Tower, Gympie WW2 |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, QX14895 | |
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| 17 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX14895, 1 Company Australian Army Service Corps, Kelvin Grove, Qld. | |
| 27 May 1943: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Drummond John Lilburn Hartley and Sarah Katherine Margaret Hartley, of Torquay, Queensland, Australia.
HARTLEY.—In proud & loving memory of QX14895, Corporal A.C.L. Hartley (Mick) died In Japan P.O.W., 22nd May, 1943.
DEATH IN P.O.W. CAMP
Mr and Mrs D. J. L. Hartley, of Torquay, Maryborough, have received private advice of the death of their youngest son, Cpl Arnold Clifford Lester (Mick) Hartley (AIF) in a Japanese prisoner of war camp.
Cpl Hartley died after a short illness on May 22, 1943, and the first intimation of his death was by letter from his mate, H. G. Buchanan (Osako I. POW Camp). The letter was written in December, 1943, and was just recently received, so that their son was dead 20 months before the parents knew of it. The sad news came as a great shock to them, more particularly as a supposed radio message from him was heard by them on January 3, 1944. This obviously was a fake, as Cpl Hartley was then dead eight months.
The parents had received a few cards from their son, the last, in July, 1943, coming to hand after his death.
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