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PEEBLES, William Stallan

Service Number:	QX27975
Enlisted:	19 February 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ingham, Queensland, Australia, 30 July 1918
Home Town:	Ingham, Hinchinbrook, Queensland
Schooling:	Bambaroo State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Stockman
Died:	Natural causes, Ingham, Queensland, Australia, 20 September 2004, aged 86 years
Cemetery:	Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Ingham, QLD RSL section 8 of the New Ingham General Cemetery Plot #6
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World War 2 Service

19 Feb 1942:	Involvement QX27975
19 Feb 1942:	Enlisted
19 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX27975, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion
1 Jan 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX27975, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns
1 Jul 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX27975, Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945
15 Sep 1945:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, 2nd/25th Infantry Battalion, Transferred to 2/25th Battalion Moratai Dutch New Guinea 1945-46 For repatriation of enemy forces under detainment
1 Apr 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX27975, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion

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