Edward (Ted) FAUNT

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Service Number:	QX12328
Enlisted:	14 July 1940, Rockhampton, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Blackall, Queensland, Australia, 13 October 1904
Home Town:	Blackall, Blackall Tambo, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fencing contractor
Died:	Natural causes, Blackall, Queensland, Australia, 14 June 1994, aged 89 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Queensland Garden of Remembrance (Pinnaroo), Qld

14 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX12328, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
14 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Private, QX12328, Rockhampton, Queensland
15 Jul 1940:	Involvement Private, QX12328
5 Jun 1941:	Involvement Private, QX12328, Change next of Kin (Married)
30 Jul 1941:	Embarked Private, QX12328, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
23 Aug 1941:	Involvement Private, QX12328, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked, Singapore
15 Feb 1942:	Wounded Private, QX12328, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Prisoner Of War G.S.W to the left Leg Wounded In Captivity
16 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Recovered from Changi Camp from Japanese on the 08/09/1945
8 Apr 1942:	Involvement Private, QX12328, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Reported Missing
30 Jun 1943:	Involvement Private, QX12328, Previously reported as "Missing" now reported as a P.O.W. Malaya Camp.
4 Sep 1945:	Involvement Private, QX12328, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Recovered: Changi, Singapore
15 Sep 1945:	Involvement Private, QX12328, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Previously reported as P.O.W. now reported wounded at Singapore
21 Sep 1945:	Involvement Private, QX12328, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, RTA From Singapore on the SS Largs Bay
29 Nov 1945:	Discharged Private, QX12328, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
29 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX12328, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion

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