SWINDELLS, Kenneth John
| Service Number: | Q28269 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 September 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3 Garrison Battalion (Vic) |
| Born: | Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 3 May 1918 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 24 November 1969, aged 51 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 2 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q28269, 3 Garrison Battalion (Vic) | |
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| 17 Mar 1941: | Involvement Private, Q28269 | |
| 17 Mar 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 21 Aug 1944: | Discharged Private, Q28269, 3 Garrison Battalion (Vic) | |
| 21 Aug 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q28269, 3 Garrison Battalion (Vic) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Ken was the eldest of three children of Kenneth (Snr) Edward Swindells (born 1894 in Bothwell, Tasmania) and Kathleen Ann Proberts (born 1898 in Cairns, QLD). Kenneth Snr was a Railway Labourer in Tasmaina before moving to Cairns, QLD in 1915 where he was a Cane Cutter when he married Kathleen in 1917. Kenneth and Kathleen raised their family in Cairns, QLD where Kenneth was a Labourer at the Gas Works. They moved to Brisbane, QLD in 1937, where Kenneth worked as a Fitter and Labourer until fis death in 1953.
Ken was a Labourer in Brisbane, QLD in 1940 when he enlisted in the ACMF. He was a Private (Service No:Q28269) attached to 3 Garrison Battalion when he was Discharged in August 1944. Ken went AWOL and was Court Martialled and sentenced to years imprisonment commencing 17 August 1944. Younger brother Rod (Service No:Q202290) also served in WWII.
Ken settled in Brisbane, QLD, living with his mother and working as a Labourer. In 1948 he married Bernice Ann Watson (nee Martin, born 1913 in Brisbane, QLD). They lived in Brisbane, where Ken was a Waterside Worker, Bernice died in 1959 and Ken in 1969.
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