STEINDL, Neil
| Service Numbers: | Q135971, QX58357, QX58357 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 April 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 64th Infantry Battalion (BCOF) |
| Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 19 April 1923 |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 27 November 2009, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 20 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q135971, Machine Gun Training Depots | |
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| 12 Feb 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q135971, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, embarked Cairns for Thursday Island on board the Islander | |
| 2 Oct 1943: | Involvement Private, Q135971, also QX58357 | |
| 2 Oct 1943: | Involvement Private, QX58357, also Q135971 | |
| 2 Oct 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX58357, 64th Infantry Battalion (BCOF) | |
| 2 Oct 1943: | Enlisted | |
| 2 Oct 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX58357, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, 'in the field' on Thursday Island | |
| 11 May 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX58357, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, embarked Thursday Island for Townsville on board the Taroona | |
| 2 May 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX58357, 64th Infantry Battalion (BCOF), embarked Brisbane for Morotia on board Kanimbla en route for service in Ambon | |
| 2 May 1946: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX58357, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, embarked Ambon for Rabaul on board Taos Victory en route for Brisbane | |
| 7 Jun 1946: | Discharged | |
| 7 Jun 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX58357, 64th Infantry Battalion (BCOF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Neil Steindl (Service Nos:Q135971/QX58357) initially served in the ACMF with 29 Infantry Training Battalion and 2 Machine Gun Training Battalion from 20 April 1942, and was 'in the field' on Thursday Island, attached to 5 Machine Gun Battalion on 2 October 1943 when he enlisted in the AIF. Private Steindl returned to Australia (Townsville) from Thursday Island in 1944 and transferred to 64 Infantry Battalion. From 2 May 1945 to 2 May 1946 Private Steindl served in Morotai and Ambon with 64 Infantry Battalion and 31/51 Infantry Battalion, and was attached to 64 Infantry Battalion at Discharge on 7 June 1946.
Neil was born in Bundaberg, QLD in 1923, eighth of ten children of Anthony (Tony) Steindl (b1883 in Bundaberg, QLD) and Myra Sheridan O'Brien (b1886 in Maryborough, QLD). Tony and Myra married in 1904 in Bundaberg, where they settled and raised their family, and Tony worked as a Tin Smith and Carter, and was involved in the Bundaberg horse racing community.
Neil was working as a Labourer in Bundaberg in 1942 when he enlisted in the Army, and in 1946 returned to Bundaberg following his Discharge. In 1950 Neil married Una Marion Marles (b1929 in Bundaberg, QLD) - they settled in Bundaberg where they raised their family. Neil was a Labourer and Factory Worker, and involved in the Bundaberg horse racing community as a Trainer. Una died in 2004 and Neil in 2009.
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