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HASTINGS, Charles Gilbert

Service Number:	QX15084
Enlisted:	9 July 1940, Cairns, Qld, Australia
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia, 10 October 1913
Home Town:	Mareeba, Tablelands, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Lorry Driver / Later - Railway Attendant
Died:	Cause of death - not known, Brisbane, Queensland Australia, 7 March 1990, aged 76 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Queensland Garden of Remembrance (Pinnaroo), Qld

World War 2 Service

9 Jul 1940:	Involvement Sergeant, QX15084, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore, Involvement - Date: 09/07/1940, to Official Surrender of Japanese Forces - Date: 15/08/1945, to further Discharge Date: 20/11/1945; Re: Official Website, 2/26 Battalion; WW2 War History, B & E Forces
9 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Sergeant, QX15084, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Cairns, Qld, Australia
9 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, QX15084, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
15 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, POW-Prisoner of War: 15/02/1942, official surrender date of the Allied Forces to the Japanese Forces; to Official Surrender of Japanese Forces to the Allied Forces- Date: 10/09/1945, at the Surrender Point Memorial-Labuan Federal Territory-Labuan, Malaysia.
20 Nov 1945:	Discharged Sergeant, QX15084, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Date and Posting at Discharge: 20/11/1945; Unit: 2nd/26th Australian Infantry Battalion; DVA WW2 Service Record of Sergeant: Charles Gilbert HASTINGS; SN QX15084.
20 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, QX15084, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

Son of Charles Frederick HASTINGS & Clara May (nee-LYON) HASTINGS.