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MANN, Kenneth Raymond
Personal Details
| Service Number: | QX10069 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 15 June 1940, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stanthorpe, Queensland, 3 June 1915 |
| Home Town: | Stanthorpe, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Drover |
| Died: | Died at sea (POW of Japan - Rakuyo Maru), South China Sea, 13 September 1944, aged 29 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, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 15 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX10069, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 15 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, QX10069, Toowoomba, Queensland | |
| 16 Sep 1940: | Promoted Corporal, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 21 Dec 1940: | Promoted Private, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Promotion (reverted back to): 21/12/1940, Private; (NAA, Pg-7). | |
| 1 Oct 1941: | Promoted Lance Corporal, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Promotion: 01/10/1941, Lance Corporal; (NAA, Pg-7). | |
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 1 Mar 1942: | Promoted Corporal, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Promoted: 01/03/1942, Corporal; (NAA, Pg-7). | |
| 13 Sep 1944: | Involvement Corporal, QX10069, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daniel Bishop
Son of Albert Andrew MANN & Charlotte May (nee BURROWS) MANN.
Next of Kin - Wife: [Joyce MANN] Joyce Rebecca Anne (nee-TALBOT) MANN.
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