James Rodney SMITH

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Service Number:	QX2855
Enlisted:	2 March 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, United Kingdom, 21 June 1911
Home Town:	Tully, Cassowary Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Lorry Driver
Died:	Cause of death - not known, Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 13 October 1964, aged 53 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Queensland Garden of Remembrance (Pinnaroo), Qld

2 Mar 1940:	Involvement Sergeant, QX2855
2 Mar 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, QX2855
2 Mar 1940:	Enlisted
2 Mar 1940:	Enlisted Corporal, QX2855, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Mackay, Qld, Australia
15 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Reported, as per stated: P.O.W, Prisoner of War, 15/02/1942; Missing, 15/04/1942, to recovery from the Japanese - Changi, Singapore - Date: 23/09/1945; in accordance with the NAA Service Record (Pg's - 6 to 8 of 20pg's) of Sergeant: James Rodney SMITH; SN QX2855.
24 Jan 1946:	Discharged Sergeant, QX2855, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Date and Posting at Discharge: 24/01/1946; Unit: 2nd/26th Australian Infantry Battalion; Naa Service Record of Sergeant: James Rodney SMITH; SN QX2855.
24 Jan 1946:	Discharged
24 Jan 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, QX2855

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Son of Herbert Sydney SMITH & Florence Hermione (nee-Roberts) SMITH.

Next of Kin - Wife: Mabel Millicent Dorothy (nee-Edwards) SMITH; Married: 4th September 1937 - Mackay, Queensland, Australia.