Eldred Arthur STROUT

STROUT, Eldred Arthur

Service Number: QX14241
Enlisted: 8 July 1940
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born: Lantoka, Fiji, 31 October 1909
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Illness, Borneo, 28 March 1945, aged 35 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Corporal, QX14241
8 Jul 1940: Enlisted
8 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX14241, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
28 Mar 1945: Discharged

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Corporal Eldred Arthur Strout QX14241 of the 2/26th Australian Infantry Battalion died on the 28th of March 1945 while held as a Prisoner of War at Sandakan - enlisted 8 July 1940