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LAKE, Audley Bentall

Service Numbers:	Q15624, QX19084
Enlisted:	13 February 1941, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, 12 December 1905
Home Town:	New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Garage Proprietor
Died:	Brisbane, Qld, Australia, 25 May 1989, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Queensland Garden of Remembrance (Pinnaroo), Qld

Non Warlike Service

20 Sep 1939:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lieutenant, Q15624, 49th Infantry Battalion, (NAA-Pre-War) Officers Record of Service with - Pg-1, as per stated: S/ Cadets, 3yrs. Pg-2, as per stated - Unit (Specifically): 9/49th Btn, 9th/49th Infantry Battalion.

World War 2 Service

13 Feb 1941:	Involvement Lieutenant, QX19084, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore
13 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, QX19084, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
13 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Lieutenant, QX19084, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
15 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore
31 May 1946:	Discharged Lieutenant, QX19084, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
31 May 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, QX19084, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

Son of Osmond John William LAKE & Linda Maria (nee-WEBER) LAKE.