Sydney Stephen Leonard PYE

PYE, Sydney Stephen Leonard

Service Number: QX13747
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
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World War 2 Service

2 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX13747, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
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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