Glynn Munro (Buff) HOLMES

HOLMES, Glynn Munro

Service Number: QX11044
Enlisted: 20 June 1940, Warwick, Qld, Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born: Allora, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, 25 June 1915
Home Town: Allora, Southern Downs, Queensland
Occupation: Shop Assistant
Died: Allora, Queensland, 10 October 1988, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Allora Cemetery, Qld
(DVA) Official Commemoration - Grave Location: Section-Anglican/CofE; Row 2; Grave 23.
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

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World War 2 Service

20 Jun 1940: Involvement Private, QX11044, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
20 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX11044, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
20 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private, QX11044, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Warwick, Qld, Australia
15 Feb 1942: Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, POW-Prisoner of War: 15/02/1942, officially recognized date of POW's; also - Date of Surrender by the Allied Forces to the Japanese Forces - WWII - "Fall of Singapore"; latter to, 10/09/1945, officially recognized Date of Surrender by the Japanese Forces to the Allied Forces at the Surrender Point Memorial-Labuan Federal Territory-Labuan, Malaysia.
15 Aug 1945: Involvement Private, QX11044, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore
12 Feb 1946: Discharged Private, QX11044, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
12 Feb 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX11044, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion

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