Gordon PEEBLES

PEEBLES, Gordon

Service Number: Q112576
Enlisted: 6 June 1941
Last Rank: Staff Sergeant
Last Unit: General Details Depot
Born: Ingham, Queensland, Australia, 2 November 1920
Home Town: Ingham, Hinchinbrook, Queensland
Schooling: Ingham State High School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Shop Assistant
Died: Heart Failure, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 30 May 2006, aged 85 years
Cemetery: Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Ingham, QLD
Buried 05 June 2006 at Ingham Cemetery

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World War 2 Service

6 Jun 1941: Involvement Corporal, Q112576
6 Jun 1941: Enlisted
6 Jun 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Q112576
7 Feb 1942: Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 26 Infantry Battalion AMF
27 May 1943: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q112576, 26 Infantry Battalion AMF, Embarked with Battalion to Horn Island on HMAS Katoomba For Defensive Operations in the Torres Strait
4 Jul 1944: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q112576, 26 Infantry Battalion AMF, Reembarked with Battalion to Cairns on HMS Cape Alexander post end of operational tour
25 Nov 1944: Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Convalescent Depots, Transferred to 115th Australian Convalescent Depot on posting as Permanent Staff [due medical reclassification B2 ( Feet) ]
30 Dec 1944: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q112576, Convalescent Depots, Embarked with Depot Staff from Townsville to LAE New Guinea on HT Shawnee Remained with Unit till 15th March 1945
17 Mar 1945: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q112576, Convalescent Depots, 115th ACD Unit transferred to New Britain for service
9 Dec 1945: Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, New Guinea Area Military HQ (Rabaul)
9 Jan 1946: Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, New Guinea Area Military HQ (Rabaul)
8 Feb 1946: Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, New Guinea Area Military HQ (Rabaul)
27 Mar 1946: Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, General Details Depot, Posted to GDD Queensland for leave and discharge administration
9 Apr 1946: Discharged

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