SELLICK, Milton Emanuel
| Service Number: | QX12934 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Malaney, Queensland, Australia, 29 September 1919 |
| Home Town: | Kandanga, Gympie Regional Council, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Yandina Provisional and State School |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | Illness - Cholera whilst Prisoner of War, Thailand, 6 June 1943, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A1 C 1 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Gympie WW2, Imbil War Memorial, Kandanga Cemetery Memorial, Kandanga War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, QX12934 | |
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| 23 Jul 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 23 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX12934, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Gympie, Qld. | |
| 6 Jun 1943: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Samuel and Daisy Sellick nee Dickson, of Condong, New South Wales, Australia.
HIS COUNTRY CALLED, HE ANSWERED FOR GOD AND RIGHT
Survived by his parents, sisters Mrs Nellie McDonald, Mrs Edna Hansen, Laurel and Sylvia, brothers Samuel, Frederick, Alexander and Jeffry
News From Prisoner of War
Mr and Mrs S. Sellick, of Condong, have received a prisoner-of-war card from their son, Pte Milton Sellick, who was reported wounded and missing following the fall of Singapore. The card which was not dated, stated that he was well and that his knee was better.
SELLICK.—In memory of a loving Son and Brother, Pte. Milton Sellick, 8th Divn., died Shinto Songuari, Thailand, 6/6/43.
Sweet memories ever.