Cecil Ernest ISBEL

ISBEL, Cecil Ernest

Service Number: QX11408
Enlisted: 24 July 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born: Proserpine, Queensland, Australia, 14 July 1918
Home Town: Proserpine, Whitsunday, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Illness - Malaria, Borneo, 25 March 1945, aged 26 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Proserpine Cenotaph, Proserpine War Memorial, Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, QX11408
24 Jul 1940: Enlisted
24 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX11408, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Townsville, Qld.
23 Mar 1945: Discharged

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of George ISBEL and Kathleen nee WAYE, of Prosperine, Queensland.

Cecil died of Malaria during the 1st Sandakan Death March.