Bruce Dowsett STRANGE DSO, MID

STRANGE, Bruce Dowsett

Service Number: QX6222
Enlisted: 15 May 1940
Last Rank: Major
Last Unit: 2nd/25th Infantry Battalion
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 5 April 1913
Home Town: Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Departmental Manager
Died: Suicide, Australia, 20 September 1944, aged 31 years
Cemetery: Cairns War Cemetery
Plot A. Row D. Grave 15.,
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Townsville WW2 HR
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Major, QX6222
15 May 1940: Enlisted
20 Sep 1944: Discharged
Date unknown: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, QX6222, 2nd/25th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, QX6222, 2nd/25th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

D S O, Mentioned in Despatches

Son of Henry Dowsett Strange and Edith Rose Strange, of Townsville.