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BRISBIN, John Edward Valentine
Personal Details
| Service Number: | Q31567 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 October 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies |
| Born: | Longreach, Queensland, Australia , 23 June 1920 |
| Home Town: | Longreach, Longreach, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Longreach, Queensland Australia, 29 July 1994, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Longreach Cemetery, Qld Lawn Cemetery Row 8 |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 8 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q31567, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies | |
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| 7 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Private, Q31567, Townsville, Queensland | |
| 8 Jun 1941: | Involvement Private, Q31567 | |
| 28 Mar 1946: | Discharged Private, Q31567, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies | |
| 28 Mar 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q31567, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies |
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Son of John Henry Ferguson Brisbin and Ellen J. (Wright)
Biography contributed by Roland Brisbin
John (known as Jack) served in Papua New Guinea 31 July 1944 - 26 August 1945 with 15th Australian Works Company.
John and his brother James (known as Eddie) Edward Brisbin (service number Q131010) spent their final years together in a small cottage at 15 Brolga Street, Longreach Queensland. Both held jobs as Station Hands on cattle properties around Longreach and later as labourers.
They are both at rest in the Longreach Cemetary.
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