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FAUNT, Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | QX12328 |
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| 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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 14 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX12328, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 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 (WW2) , Private, QX12328, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
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