PORTLEY, James
| Service Number: | Q194890 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 January 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 1 |
| Last Unit: | 1MD / Qld Area Lines of Communication |
| Born: | Laidley, Queensland, Australia, 26 May 1877 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Police Officer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 12 June 1950, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 15 Jan 1940: | Involvement Warrant Officer Class 1, Q194890 | |
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| 15 Jan 1940: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2 | |
| 15 Jan 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 15 Jan 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 1, Q194890 | |
| 25 Oct 1940: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 1, Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2) | |
| 7 May 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 1, 1MD / Qld Area Lines of Communication | |
| 25 May 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 1, Q194890 | |
| 25 May 1945: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Zidane McNamara
Portley was sworn into the Queensland Police Force on May 16th, 1899. He was a Police Sergeant by 1919 and was promoted to Senior Sergeant on May 1st, 1928. On May 8th, 1930 he was promoted to Sub-Inspector. On May 31st, 1935 he was appointed as head of the Ipswich and West Moreton Police district. On February 21st, 1936 he was promoted to Inspector of police. He retired on May 26th, 1937 after 38 years in the Police Force.
James Portley, although nearly 63, enlisted into the AMF on January 15th, 1940 and was immediately promoted to Warrant Officer Class Two. Ten months later and he would be promoted Warrant Officer Class One whilst serving with the Provost Corps. In his whole service, he was only sick once for 6 days in June 1941. During the latter stages of the war he would be reassigned to an Accounts Office in Brisbane. On May 21st, 1945 he was assessed by a medical board at the age of 68 and was found to be medically unfit with Vascular Disease of the heart. He was discharged on May 25th, 1945 after 5 years service in the AMF.
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