Roy Douglas STAPLETON

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STAPLETON, Roy Douglas

Service Numbers:	412610, QX9335, QX9335,
Enlisted:	28 January 1939
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 21 March 1919
Home Town:	Nambour, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Transport Driver
Died:	Paynesville, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, 10 July 1989, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

28 Jan 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, 412610, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF
8 Oct 1939:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Trooper, 2/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry)
17 Jun 1940:	Involvement QX9335
17 Jun 1940:	Enlisted
17 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX9335, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion
29 Jan 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX9335, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, ex Middle East per Mauretania - transhipped at Bombay to Eastern Prince for Adelaide SA
5 Sep 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX9335, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Embarked Brisbane per Sea Witch to Port Moresby
11 Jan 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX9335, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, ex Port Moresby to Brisbane per SS Wartenhandt
27 Jun 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX9335, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, ex Townsville to Port Moresby per SS Duntroon
1 Jul 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX9335,, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, ex Lae to Townsville per Ormiston
20 Jul 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX9335, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, ex Lae to Townsville per Ormiston
26 Dec 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX9335, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, ex Townsville to Torokina per Ormiston
2 Oct 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX9335, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, ex New Guinea to Brisbane per Katoomba
24 Oct 1945:	Discharged
24 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX9335, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Roy was the eldest child of Albert Roy Achilles Stapleton (b1898 in Charters Towers, QLD) and Lucy May Boyce (b1900 in Ipswich, QLD). Albert (a Letter Carrier in Charters Towers, QLD) and Lucy married in 1921 in Brisbane, QLD. Albert served in WWI (Private; Service No: 7054) and was awarded the Military Medal for his actions at the Somme in 1918. Albert and Lucy settled in Nambour, QLD where Albert worked as a Labourer and Farmer. Albert's brother Augustine (Service No: 481) also served in WWI.

Roy was a Labourer in Sarina, QLD in 1939 when he enlisted in the ACMF. He served as Private and Trooper (Service No:412610) with 42nd Infantry Battalion and 2/14th Light Horse before enlisting in the AIF in June 1940. Roy served (Corporal; Service No:QX9335) with 10 Australian Despatch Rider Section, B Corps Signals and 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion in the Middle East (27 December 1940 - 24 March 1942) and New Guinea (28 August 1942 - 11 January 1943; 27 June 1943 - 19 July 1944 and 10 December 1944 - 20 September 1945). Roy was Discharged in October 1945. Roy's father and Uncle and two brothers also served in WWII.

Roy was in Adelaide, South Australia in 1943 when he married Lois Millis Chappell (b1906 in Adelaide, SA). They separated and in 1959 Roy married Hazel Madeline Fennell (b1923 in Penola, SA). Roy and Hazel moved to Colac in Corangamite, Victoria where Roy worked as a Boiler Attendant and Hazel as a Machinist. In the early 1970s they moved to Melbourne, Victoria where Roy worked as a Boiler Attendant. Hazel died in 1977, and Roy retired to Paynesville in Gippsland, Victoria where he died in 1989.

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