Arthur Joseph ASKEW

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ASKEW, Arthur Joseph

Service Numbers:	QX27789, QX27789,
Enlisted:	2 March 1942
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, QLD, 10 June 1922
Home Town:	Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Mitchelton State School, Brisbane, QLD
Occupation:	Rubber Worker
Died:	Brisbane, QLD, 31 May 1995, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium, QLD https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203984464/arthur-joseph-askew
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World War 2 Service

2 Mar 1942:	Involvement QX27789
2 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX27789, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion
2 Mar 1942:	Enlisted
23 Aug 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX27789, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, embarked Sydney for Middle East
27 Feb 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX27789, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, Middle East for Sydney
28 Jul 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX27789, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, embarked Cairns for Milne Bay on board the Van Heutz
20 Mar 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX27789, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, embarked Moresby for Townsville on board the Taroona
1 Jun 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX27789,, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, embarked Cairns for Morotai en route for service in British North Borneo
6 Feb 1946:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX27789, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion, embarked Labuan for Brisbane on board the Lake Charles Victory
19 Jun 1946:	Discharged
19 Jun 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX27789, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Corporal Arthur Joseph Askew (Service No:QX27789) enlisted in the AIF on 2 March 1942 as a Private with 7 Infantry Training Battalion, and served with 2/15th Infantry Battalion in the Middle East (22 August 1942 - 27 February 1943), New Guinea (28 July 1943 - 20 March 1944), and Borneo (1 May 1945 - 6 February 1946). Corporal Askew was attached to 2/15th Infantry Battalion at Discharge on 19 June 1946). Younger siblings (Edward and Iris) also served in WWII.

Arthur was born in Brisbane, QLD in 1922, eldest of three children of Henry (Harry) Charles Askew (b1883 in Dalby, QLD) and Harriett May Budd (b1898 in Brisbane, QLD). Harry worked as a Labourer in Mackay, a Carter in Brisbane, and was a Collector/Dealer in Brisbane in 1922 when he and Harriett married. Harry lived in Brisbane, where he worked as a Dealer, Drayman and Labourer, and by the 1930s Harriett had settled in Bundaberg.

Arthur lived with his father in Brisbane, and was a Rubber Worker when he enlisted in the Army - following his father's death in 1944, he listed Dorothy Connolly (his Godmother) as NoK. In 1948 in Brisbane, Arthur married Beulah Mary Daly (b1919 in Brisbane, QLD) - Beulah was working as a Presser in Brisbane. Arthur and Beulah settled in Brisbane, where they raised their family and Arthur was a Tailor. Arthur died in 1995 and Beulah in 2017.

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