Sydney Anzac STICKLEY

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Service Number:	QX12347
Enlisted:	14 July 1940, Rockhampton, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rockhampton, Queensland, 26 April 1917
Home Town:	Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Park Avenue State School
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Died of Illness - Septicaemia (POW of Japan), Thailand, 5 October 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A12. D. 6
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

14 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Private, QX12347, Rockhampton, Queensland
14 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX12347, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
16 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore
5 Oct 1943:	Involvement Private, QX12347, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War

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Son of Sydney Richard STICKLEY & Florence Ivy Isabel DONAGHEY

HE DIED THAT WE WOULD BE FREE

Member of Protestant Alliance Friendly Society.

Survived by his parents Sydney and Florence, brothers Kelvin (Volunteer Defence Corps) Francis (RAAF) Colin and sisters Isabelle, Mabel and Florence.

His Father Sydney Richard STICKLEY (SN 2887) served in the Army in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919

Brothers who served in WW2

1. Raymond James STICKLEY (Army ( SN QX20217) - died 1942

2. Kelvin John STICKLEY (Army (SN Q213089) - discharged 1945

3. Francis George STICKLEY (RAAF (SN 78942) - discharged 1946