Hector Alexander MCINTYRE

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MCINTYRE, Hector Alexander

Service Number:	QX7976
Enlisted:	2 July 1940, Cairns, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 13 September 1918
Home Town:	Cairns, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Cause of death - not known, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 25 November 1996, aged 78 years
Cemetery:	Albany Creek Memorial Park-Cemetery & Crematorium, Queensland Cremated: 29/11/1996; Albany Creek Crematorium; Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Wall 12/Section 9/Niche 15.
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

2 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Private, QX7976, Cairns, Queensland
2 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX7976, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
3 Jul 1940:	Involvement Private, QX7976
15 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore
20 Nov 1945:	Discharged Private, QX7976, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
20 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX7976, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...Private QX7976 Hector Alexander McIntyre, 2/26 Battalion, of Cairns, Qld. Hector McIntyre was a clerk prior to enlisting in July 1940. He arrived in Singapore with his unit on 15 August 1941 and following the surrender to the Japanese Forces on 15 February 1942, he was interned at Changi as a prisoner of war. He was released on 5 September 1945 and returned home on 7 October 1945. Pte McIntyre's brother, 414154 Flying Officer Norman Gregor McIntyre, No. 97 Squadron, was killed during operations over Berlin on 16 December 1943." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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