MADDEN , John Ambrose
| Service Number: | QX3523 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 20 October 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Herberton, Queensland, Australia, 28 October 1916 |
| Home Town: | Cairns, Cairns, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Cairns, Queensland, Australia, cause of death not yet discovered, date not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Rocky Creek 2/32nd Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 20 Oct 1939: | Involvement Private, QX3523 | |
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| 20 Oct 1939: | Enlisted | |
| 20 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX3523, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Nov 1945: | Discharged | |
| 16 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX3523, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
John was the youngest of two children of Ambrose John Madden (born 1883 in Cooktown, QLD) and Ellen Bouch Hill (born 1885 in Cooktown, QLD). In 1913, Ambrose was a Grocer in Herberton when he married Ellen. Following his death in 1925, Ellen remarried.
In 1939 John was a Clerk in Cairns when he enlisted in the Australian Army. He was a Private (Service No:QX3523) attached to 2/32 Infantry Battalion when he was Discharged in November 1945.
John returned to Cairns and was working as a Clerk in 1952 when he married Kathleen Eugenie McCafferty (born 1918 in Cairns, QLD). Kathleen had served with the Australian Army Medical Women's Service as a Private (Service Nos:QFX52053/Q271013) from May 1943 to December 1945. Brother-in-Law James Frederick McCafferty Jnr (Private, Service Nos:QX53349/Q116540) also served in WWII.
John and Kathleen lived in Cairns where John worked as a Clerk, and following Kathleen's death in 1965, a Watchman.
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