Thomas Joseph O'CARROLL

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O'CARROLL, Thomas Joseph

Service Number:	QX5221
Enlisted:	27 May 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 28 February 1915
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Peakhurst, New South Wales, Australia, 13 August 1967, aged 52 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora General Cemetery, New South Wales
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World War 2 Service

27 May 1940:	Involvement Private, QX5221
27 May 1940:	Enlisted
27 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX5221, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion
8 Nov 1945:	Discharged
8 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX5221, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion

QX5221 Thomas Joseph O'Carroll

27/5/40 Enlisted Enoggera Qld
29/5/40 On strength 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion (2/2 MG Bn)
27/12/40 Embarked for overseas service
30/1/41 Disembarked Middle East - part of 9th Division El Alemain
25/1/43 Embarked for Australia
27/2/43 - arrived Sydney Australia - Unit given leave
23/04/43 Unit reformed in Enoggera Qld
14/08/43 - moved to Cairns - jungle training
18/08/43 Milne Bay
22/11/43 WIA (shrapnel - chin and neck)
1/12/43 return to Unit
25/02/44 Unit transferred to Finschafen - New Guinea
23/04/44 Morotai - New Guinea
15/06/45 Borneo
22/10/45 Depart Borneo for Australia
30/10/45 - Brisbane Qld
8/11/45 - Discharged after 1,992 days of service (mostly overseas).

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