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IRVIN, Francis Turner
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | QX18472, 12139, Q122441, QP80308, QX501298 |
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Enlisted: | 17 March 1942 |
Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 2 |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | West Hartlepool , England, 7 June 1909 |
Home Town: | Redcliffe, Moreton Bay, Queensland |
Schooling: | Hartlepool , England / Big brother movement 1926 |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Natural Causes, Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia, 29 May 1987, aged 77 years |
Cemetery: |
Albany Creek Memorial Park-Cemetery & Crematorium, QLD |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
30 Jul 1941: | Involvement QX18472, also Q122441, QX34468, QX501298, QP80308, 12139 & 19064 | |
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17 Mar 1942: | Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, QP80308, also Q122541, QX18472, QX501298, 12139,19064 & QX34468 (NAAQ film) | |
17 Mar 1942: | Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, 12139, also QX18472 & QX34468 | |
17 Mar 1942: | Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, Q122441, also QX18472, QX34468, QX501298, QP80308, 12139 & 19064 | |
17 Mar 1942: | Enlisted | |
17 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, 12139 | |
18 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, 12139 | |
18 Jan 1946: | Discharged | |
12 Dec 1946: | Involvement QX501298, also QX18472, Q122441, QX34468, QX501298, QP80308, 19064 & 12139; Served BCOF - JAPAN; KOREA; MALAYA and PNG |
Personal Stories
Bradley Irvin SNR
Francis turner Irvin served Australia in Japan New Guinea and Australia with pride as an Australian soldier never be forgotten
Submitted 20 November 2021 by Brad Irvin
Biography contributed by Bradley Irvin
In 1926 leaving for Australia with the big brother movement disembarked in Australia joining the movement learning labouring skills. Enlisted with the BCOF forces for Japan / New Guinea etc with the Australian forces , retiring from the Australian army settling in Redcliffe, Queensland.