MORTLEMAN, James Burnett
| Service Number: | Q36223 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 January 1940, C Coy |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 42 Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia, 13 February 1919 |
| Home Town: | Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 23 January 2010, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Albany Creek Memorial Park-Cemetery & Crematorium, QLD |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 21 Jan 1940: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, Q36223, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF, C Coy | |
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| 29 Jan 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q36223, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 18 Dec 1941: | Involvement Private, Q36223, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF, died 23 Jan 2010 (C'Mail) | |
| 18 Dec 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 9 Jan 1943: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, Q36223, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF, ex Townsville to Milne Bay | |
| 29 May 1944: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, Q36223, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF, ex Lae per Rota Baroe for Brisbane | |
| 1 Dec 1944: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, Q36223, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 1 Dec 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q36223, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Jim was the youngest of six children of Thomas (Tom) Edward Mortleman (born 1884 in Gayndah, QLD) and Wilhelmina (Minnie) Rein (born 1885 at Mingo Crossing in Wide Bay, QLD). Tom was a Miner at Mingo Crossing, Mt Perry in QLD when he married Minnie in 1905. They moved to Mount Morgan in 1909, where Tom worked as a Miner until his death in 1926. Minnie died in Mount Morgan in 1939.
Jim was a Miner at Mount Morgan when he enlisted in the AMF in January 1940. He served as a Private (Service No:Q36223) with 42nd Infantry Battalion C Coy in New Guinea and was Discharged in December 1944. Older brother Norman William (Private; Service No:Q113543) also served with 42nd Battalion and was KiA in New Guinea in 1943.
Following his Discharge, Jim was working as a Labourer in Mackay, QLD in 1949, and married Veronica (born 1928) in Collinsville, QLD in 1951. Jim and Veronica lived in Mackay, where Jim worked as a Boilermaker's Assistant until they moved to Stafford in Brisbane, QLD in the late 1950's. Jim worked as a Cabinet Maker and Woodworker at Stafford in Brisbane, where he died in 2010. Veronica died in 2005.
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