Edward James SHIELDS

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Service Number:	QX17829
Enlisted:	10 December 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia , 30 May 1902
Died:	Illness, Borneo, 7 June 1945, aged 43 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Labuan Memorial, Malaysia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, New Farm Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial

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3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, QX17829
10 Dec 1940:	Enlisted
10 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX17829, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
7 Jun 1945:	Discharged

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