John William PEDELTY

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Service Number:	QX10619
Enlisted:	22 June 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Durham, County Durham, England, 29 October 1904
Home Town:	Howard, Fraser Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Illness - Cholera, Thailand, 27 May 1943, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A1. C. 17.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Howard War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, QX10619
22 Jun 1940:	Enlisted
22 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX10619, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
27 May 1943:	Discharged

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Son of John PEDELTY and Margaret Ann nee OLIVER; husband of Frances Maud PELETY nee PIGGIN (Maud), of Maryborough, Queensland, Australia.

HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED

John enjoyed Cricket and was an all-rounder and a great Captain.

He had arrived in Australia in 1927 and was married in 1933.

Survived by his wife Maud, daughter June, parents, sister Doris Williams and brother Joseph.