Aidan Joseph PENDER

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PENDER, Aidan Joseph

Service Number:	Q148110
Enlisted:	30 April 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 30 April 1922
Home Town:	Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 31 May 1974, aged 52 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Warrill Park Lawn Cemetery, Qld
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World War 2 Service

30 Apr 1942:	Involvement Private, Q148110
30 Apr 1942:	Enlisted
30 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q148110
21 May 1943:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Aidan was the third of seven children of Michael Peter Pender (b1878 in Ipswich, QLD) and Bridget Molloy (b1885 in Ipswich, QLD). Michael - a Solicitor (admitted to the Queensland Supreme Court in 1907) and Bridget married in 1915 in Ipswich, QLD where they raised their family.

Aidan was a Clerk in 1941 when he enlisted in the ACMF (Private; Service No:Q148110). He was attached to General Details Depot when he was Discharged in May 1943. Brother Paul Anselm (Corporal; Service Nos:Q108244/QX63645) also served in WWII. Aidan's two other brothers - Gervase and Virgil - were Catholic priests.

Aidan remained in Ipswich, QLD, and stated his occupation as 'Soldier' in Electoral Rolls until his death in 1974.

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