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WALLIS, Jack Eric
Personal Details
| Service Number: | QX13907 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 3 July 1940, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Emerald, Queensland, 3 September 1904 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Natural causes (septicaemia/vascular disease), Greenslopes Repat Hospital, Queensland, 24 September 1980, aged 76 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Date Cremated 25 Sept 1980 - (Memorial location - Queensland Garden of Remembrance: WALL 35/ROW J at Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery) |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, QX13907, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 3 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX13907, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Jul 1940: | Involvement Private, QX13907 | |
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Changi | |
| 10 Jan 1946: | Discharged Private, QX13907, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX13907, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kellie Ann Spicer
Jack Eric Wallis was a P.O.W in Changi Singapore. First reported missing as his name appeared on a Casualty List but presumed to have been captured by the Japanese as a P.O.W. Which he was on 15 Feb 1942 with the allied orders to surrender.
Later it was confirmed he was a P.O.W. Hospitalisation: N Hospitalisation 102 A.G.H 12/11/45 to 11/12/45.
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