FRITZ, Archibald Lionel
| Service Number: | QX13745 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 April 1940, 2/107 General Transport Coy |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia, 12 February 1919 |
| Home Town: | Moogerah, Scenic Rim, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Dayboro, Queensland, Australia, 14 December 2013, aged 94 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 27 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX13745, 2/107 General Transport Coy | |
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| 2 Jul 1940: | Involvement Lance Corporal, QX13745, died 14 Nov 2013 (C'Mail) | |
| 2 Jul 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 10 Feb 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX13745, ex Sydney per HMT QM to Middle East | |
| 8 Jul 1943: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 2.34 Australian General Transport Coy | |
| 10 Jul 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, QX13745, ex Brisbane per Henry T Allen to Port Moresby | |
| 22 May 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, QX13745, 2/34th Australian General Transport Coy ex Lae per Sea Flasher to Brisbane | |
| 15 Jun 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, QX13745, ex Cairns per LST 457 to Morotai | |
| 19 Jul 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, QX13745, ex Morotai per LSM 38 to Balikapan | |
| 9 Nov 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, QX13745, ex Manoora to Brisbane | |
| 26 Nov 1945: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Archibald was the eldest of four children of Albert Justus Fritz (born 1898 at Laidley, QLD) and Mary Theresa Kanofski (born 1900 at Harrisville in QLD). Married in 1918, Albert and Mary raised their family at Kingaroy and Nanango in QLD where Albert was a Farmer.
Archibald was a Labourer at Moogerah, via Kalbar in Boonah, QLD when he enlisted in the AMF in July 1940 at Kelvin Grove in Brisbane, QLD. He served in the Middle East, New Guinea and Borneo as Lance Corporal with2/34 Australian Coy AGT, 2/25 Australian Transport Platoon and 2/21 Australian Transport Platoon. He was Discharged in November 1945. Brother Ivor served as a Private (Service No: QX14275).
On leave in Brisbane in 1942, Archibald married Gladys Joyce Nutley (born 1920 in Harrisville in QLD) - Gladys had undertaken Army training for Voluntray Aid Defence - and following his Discharge, they settled in Dayboro, QLD. 'Jobs were hard to get in those days. We started off on a milk farm in Dayboro. Later milk carting, railways and pineapple growing. Australian Paper Mill, Mobil Service Station and Namco before retiring' (Gladys Joyce Nutley - History). Gladys died in 2004 and Archibald in 2013.
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