Denis Sylvester Jnr FLOYD

FLOYD, Denis Sylvester Jnr

Service Number: Q64012
Enlisted: 19 August 1940
Last Rank: Staff Sergeant
Last Unit: Watercraft Workshops
Born: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 5 March 1917
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Mechanic
Died: Labrador, Queensland, Australia, 12 April 2008, aged 91 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Nudgee Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane
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World War 2 Service

19 Aug 1940: Involvement Staff Sergeant , Q64012, FTD 3/9/1941 died Apr 2008 (C'Mail)
19 Aug 1940: Enlisted
19 Aug 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, Q64012, Watercraft Workshops
12 Jul 1942: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q64012, per SS Bortekol for Milne Bay with 7th Infantry Brigade
14 Dec 1942: Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal
17 Jan 1944: Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, Watercraft Workshops, 1 Australian Advanced Water Craft Workshop AEME
15 Nov 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, Q64012, Watercraft Workshops
15 Nov 1945: Discharged

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Staff Sergeant Denis Sylvester Floyd Jnr (Service No:Q64012) enlisted on 19 August 1940 as a Private (classified Fitter). He served in New Guinea (12 July 1942 - 17 December 1942) and was attached to 7th Infantry Brigade, 1 Australian Tank Workshop and 1 Advanced Water Craft Workshop AEME. Staff Sergeant Floyd was discharged on 15 November 1945.

Born in 1917 in Toowoomba QLD, Denis Jnr was the youngest of two children of Denis Sylvester Floyd Snr (b1890 in Sydney, NSW) and Abey French (b1885 in Warwick, QLD). Denis Snr was a Police Constable in Warwick QLD in 1912 when he and Abey married. They lived in Dalby, Warwick and Brisbane where Denis Snr worked as a Cattle Dealer, Commercial Traveller, Garage Proprietor and Salesman. Abey worked as a Dressmaker.

Denis Jnr was a Motor Mechanic in Brisbane QLD in 1940 when he married Kathleen Molloy (b1916 in Bundaberg, QLD). Denis and Kathleen settled in Brisbane, QLD where Denis worked as a Motor Mechanic and Clerk. Kathleen died in 2003 Denis in 2008.

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