Paul Anselm PENDER

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PENDER, Paul Anselm

Service Numbers:	Q108244, QX63645
Enlisted:	23 September 1941
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	61 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 23 April 1918
Home Town:	Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Articled Clerk
Died:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 26 May 1999, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld
Memorials:	Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall WW2 Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

23 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Q108244
2 Aug 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Q108244, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF, ex Townsville per SS Tasman for New Guinea
16 Nov 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Q108244, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF, ex Port Moresby per Katoomba to Townsville
27 Jul 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Q108244, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF, ex Cairns to Madang per Katoomba
28 Feb 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX63645, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF, ex Townsville to Bougainville per Shawnee
10 Apr 1945:	Involvement Corporal, Q108244, also QX63645
10 Apr 1945:	Involvement Corporal, QX63645, also Q108244
10 Apr 1945:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX63645
10 Apr 1945:	Enlisted
23 Jul 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX63645, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF, emplaned Bougainville to Townsville
8 Oct 1945:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Paul was the second of seven children of Michael Peter Pender (born 1878 in Ipswich, QLD) and Bridget Molloy (born 1885 in Ipswich, QLD). Michael - a Solicitor (admitted to the QLD Supreme Court in 1907) - and Bridget married in 1915 in Ipswich, QLD where they raised their family.

Paul was an Articled Clerk when he enlisted in the ACMF in 1941 (Service No:Q108244), serving in New Guinea (1942 to 1944) before enlisting as a Corporal (Service No:QX63645) with the Australian Army (61 Infantry Battalion) and serving in Bougainville in 1945. Paul was Discharged in 1945. Brother Aidan (Private; Service No:Q148110) also served in WWII.

In 1949 Paul was a Solicitor in Ipswich, QLD when he married Mary Dorothy Cutler (b1925 in Brisbane, QLD) at St Stephen's Cathedral in Brisbane - Paul's brother Father Gervase Michael Pender assisted (Brisbane Telegraph 1 Oct 19149 p7). Mary was working as a Bank Clerk in Ipswich at the time. Paul and Mary settled in Ipswich, QLD where he was a Solicitor. Paul died in 1999.

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