BONNEY, Jack
| Service Numbers: | QX44869, Q11945 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Bombardier |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 26 June 1915 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 25 August 1982, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 12 Mar 1941: | Involvement Lance Bombardier, QX44869, also Q11945 - FTD 22/9/1941 no pay 19/6/41-21/9/41 | |
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| 12 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Bombardier, QX44869 | |
| 20 Mar 1941: | Involvement Lance Bombardier, Q11945, FTD 22/9/1941 - also QX44869 | |
| 20 Mar 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 7 May 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Bombardier, QX44869, embarked Brisbane for Torokina per Katoomba | |
| 18 Oct 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Bombardier, QX44869, embarked Torokina for Brisbane per Tarooma | |
| 25 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Bombardier, QX44869 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Jack was the only child of Ernest Albert Bonney (born 1889 in Brisbane, QLD) and Magdalena Maria Christina Gentner (born 1887 in Brisbane, QLD). Edward was a Carpenter in Caboolture, QLD when he married Magdalena in Brisbane in 1914.
Jack was a Labourer at Kedron in Brisbane when he enlisted in March 1941. He was a Lance Bombardier (Service Nos:QX44869/Q11945) attached to 141 Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery when he was Discharged in October 1945. Brother-in-Law Stanley Gordon Wild (Private; Service No:Q143578) also served in WWII.
In 1943 Jack married Nancy Butler Wild (born 1915 in Ipswich, QLD) in Brisbane - Nancy was a Typist. Jack and Nancy settled in Brisbane where Jack worked as a Labourer and Shop Assistant. Jack died in 1982 and Nancy died in 2006.
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