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SMITH, Owen George

Service Number:	QX13310
Enlisted:	25 June 1940, Kelvin Grove, Queensland
Last Rank:	Bombardier
Last Unit:	2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bundaberg, Queensland, 15 January 1918
Home Town:	Monto, North Burnett, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Truck driver
Died:	Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 12 October 1985, aged 67 years
Cemetery:	Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane ANZAC Portion 6, Grave 1199
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

25 Jun 1940:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, QX13310, Kelvin Grove, Queensland
25 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Bombardier, QX13310, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
26 Jun 1940:	Involvement Private, QX13310
15 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore
6 Feb 1946:	Discharged Bombardier, QX13310, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
6 Feb 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Bombardier, QX13310, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

Son of Sidney Jennings SMITH & Stella Pearl (nee BULLPITT) SMITH.