KENDRICK, William Thomas
| Service Number: | QX22843 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 18 August 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 27 June 1908 |
| Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 23 December 1959, aged 51 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 18 Aug 1941: | Involvement QX22843 | |
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| 18 Aug 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 18 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX22843 | |
| 17 Dec 1945: | Discharged | |
| 17 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX22843 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
William was the eldest of three children of Michael Joseph Kendrick (b1874 in Ipswich, QLD) and Agnes Isabella Irving (b1882 in Ipswich, QLD). Michael (a Carter) and Agnes (a Machinist) married in 1907 in Ipswich, QLD where they settled and raised their three sons. By 1914 Michael was working as a Miner.
William was a Butcher in Ipswich QLD in 1933 when he married Ena Elizabeth Livermore (b1912 in Ipswich, QLD). William and Ena settled in Ipswich, and in August 1941 William enlisted in the Australian Army (Sapper; Service No:QX22843). In December 1941, William was with 2/11 Field Coy - part of the Australian 'Gull Force' which sailed for Ambon Island in the Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia today). By February 1942 Gull Force was in captivity (Australian War Memorial), and William was a PoW in the notorious Japanese Ambon Camp. William was Discharged in December 1945.
Returning to Ipswich, QLD William worked as a Labourer until his death in 1959. Ena remained in Ipswich, where she died in 1980.
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