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WAPLES, Harold Desmond
Personal Details
| Service Number: | Q135218 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 24 May 1922 |
| Home Town: | Redcliffe, Moreton Bay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Nudgee College, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Chemist |
| Died: | Greenslopes, Queensland, Australia, 22 May 1975, aged 52 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 12 Dec 1941: | Involvement Private, Q135218 | |
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| 12 Dec 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 12 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q135218 | |
| 30 Oct 1945: | Discharged | |
| 30 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q135218 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Karen Waples
When Harold Desmond Waples was born on 24 May 1922, in Gympie, Queensland, Australia, his father, Albert Waples, was 31 and his mother, Edith Elizabeth Becker, was 35. He married Rita Alice Mondientz on 8 October 1949, in Nambour, Queensland, Australia. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He registered for military service in 1941. He died on 22 May 1975, in Greenslopes, Queensland, Australia, at the age of 52, and was buried in Aspley, Queensland, Australia.
He Served in Military in Australia for 481 days and served outside of Australia for 815 days.
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