Samuel (Skip) DONALDSON

Samuel (Skip) DONALDSON Update Details

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Service Number:	QX12558
Enlisted:	15 July 1940
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 20 July 1914
Home Town:	Harrisville, Scenic Rim, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	War Related , Ballina Nursing Home, New South Wales, Australia, 29 June 1985, aged 70 years
Cemetery:	Evans Head Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Harrisville Memorial Gates, Harrisville Shire of Normanby WW2 Honour Roll (1941 version)

15 Jul 1940:	Involvement QX12558
15 Jul 1940:	Enlisted
15 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX12558
30 Jul 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX12558, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
6 Dec 1941:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
8 Apr 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, 8 Apr 1942 AIF Malaya (Missing) 31 Nov 1943 Change of Camp Location of POW Transferred to Thai camp.
20 Aug 1945:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Recovered at Saim POW Camp
26 Oct 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, QX12558, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Embarked at Singapore 10 Nov 1945 Disembarked Sydney Australia
31 Jan 1946:	Discharged

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