BENTLEY, Ivor Henry Morgan
| Service Numbers: | Q151163, QX41492 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 June 1942, Annerley, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 13 April 1917 |
| Home Town: | Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Porter |
| Died: | Natural causes, Dunwich, Queensland, Australia, 5 January 1998, aged 80 years |
| Cemetery: |
Dunwich Cemetery, Nth Stradbroke Island MB2 - D - 612 |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Private, Q151163, Annerley, Queensland | |
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| 8 Oct 1942: | Involvement Private, QX41492, also Q151163 | |
| 8 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, QX41492, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies | |
| 10 Mar 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, QX41492, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies, Brisbane to Morotai per Felix Hathaway | |
| 12 Jul 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, QX41492, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies, ex Morotai to North Borneo per LST595 | |
| 23 Jan 1946: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, QX41492, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies, ex Labuan to Brisbane per Pauchard Victory (14 Works Coy) | |
| 30 May 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, QX41492, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies | |
| 30 May 1946: | Discharged Lance Corporal, QX41492, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Mick was the second of three children of William Henry Bentley (b1889 in Gympie, QLD) and Gwendoline Annie Morgan (b1894 in Gympie QLD). William (a Miner) and Gwedoline married in 1913 in Gympie QLD where they settled until 1920. William worked as a Labourer in Brisbane until his Death in 1938. Gwnedoline remarried in 1939.
Mick was a Railway Porter in Brisbane when he enlisted with the ACMF in June 1942 (Private; Service No:151163). In October 1942 he enlisted with the AIF (Lance Corporal; Service No:QX41492) and served in Borneo (10 March 1945 - 23 January 1946). He was attached to 14 Works Coy when he was Discharged in May 1946. Brother Lesley (Corporal; Service Nos:QX42004/Q14357) also served in WWII.
Mick returned to Brisbane, where he was a Railways Employee in 1950 when he married Doris Maureen. They settled in Mt Gravatt in Brisbane where Mick worked as an Engineer. Mick died in 1998.
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