Allan Thomas CONWELL

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CONWELL, Allan Thomas

Service Number:	Q28520
Enlisted:	13 August 1940
Last Rank:	Staff Sergeant
Last Unit:	61 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Nambour, Queensland, Australia, 24 May 1920
Home Town:	Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	State Commercial High School, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Accountant
Died:	Caloundra, Queensland Australia , 20 April 2015, aged 94 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Caloundra Cemetery, Sunshine Coast
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World War 2 Service

13 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, Q28520, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF
17 Mar 1941:	Involvement Staff Sergeant , Q28520
17 Mar 1941:	Enlisted
15 Mar 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, Q28520, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

One of four brothers (George, Gordon and John) who served in WWII, Staff Sergeant Allan Thomas Conwell (Service No:Q28520) served with 61st Infantry Battalion - graded Clerk - from 13 August 1940 to 15 March 1946.

Allan was born in Nambour, QLD in 1920, third of eight children of Thomas (Tom) Conwell (b1888 in Glasgow, Scotland) and Mary Chadwick (b1889 in Lancashire, England. Tom (a Farmer's son) immigrated in 1908, arriving in Brisbane on board the Orotava, and Mary (a Cotton Weaver) arrived in Brisbane in 1913 on board the Omrah. Tom (a Farmer) and Mary (a Probationary Nurse) married in 1917 in Nambour, where they settled and raised their family and Tom was a Farmer. In the mid 1930s Tom and Mary moved to Brisbane and Tom worked as a Labourer.

Allan started work in Brisbane as a Clerk, and was an Accountant in 1940 when he enlisted in the Army. In 1941 in Brisbane, Allan married Jean Margaret Buchanan (b1919 in Williamstown, Victoria). Allan and Jean settled in Brisbane, where they raised their family and Allan was an Accountant and Company Manager, and a member of the Assembly of God (AOG) Executive (Treasurer). Allan and Jean retired to Caloundra, where Allan died in 2015 and Jean in 2016.

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