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PYE, Sydney Stephen Leonard
Personal Details
Service Number: | QX13747 |
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Enlisted: | 2 July 1940, Kelvin Grove, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Auchenflower, Queensland, Australia, 5 November 1912 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan - Malaria/Beri Beri/Dysentery), Burma, 9 December 1943, aged 31 years |
Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery Plot: A15. A. 6. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Manly War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
2 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX13747, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion | |
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2 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, QX13747, Kelvin Grove, Queensland | |
3 Jul 1940: | Involvement Private, QX13747 | |
10 Jan 1942: | Embarked Private, QX13747, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT MS2, Sydney (Arr. Singapore 24 Jan 1942) | |
7 Feb 1942: | Wounded Private, QX13747, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore, GSW (left thigh and forehead) | |
15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
9 Dec 1943: | Involvement Private, QX13747, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War, POW - Died of Illness (Malaria, Beri Beri, Dysentery) |
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