Frederick John ("Flamethrower") FINK

FINK, Frederick John

Service Numbers: 411910, QX8529
Enlisted: 5 June 1940
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 18 December 1915
Home Town: Belli Park, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Yandina, Queensland, Australia, 27 January 2002, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 411910, later QX8529 (5/6/1940)
5 Jun 1940: Involvement QX8529
5 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, QX8529, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion
5 Jun 1940: Enlisted QX8529
1 May 1945: Involvement Lieutenant, QX8529, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945
20 Oct 1945: Discharged Lieutenant, QX8529, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, QX8529, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

2/17 Bn Campaign - Borneo (A Company, OC 7 Platoon)