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WOODLEY, Edgar Boultwood

Service Number:	QX19339
Enlisted:	20 May 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, United Kingdom, 7 February 1917
Home Town:	Mount Nebo, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Cause of death - not known, Brisbane, Qld, Australia, 21 December 1995, aged 78 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Queensland Garden of Remembrance (Pinnaroo), Qld

World War 2 Service

20 May 1941:	Involvement QX19339
20 May 1941:	Involvement Private, QX19339, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore, Involvement - Date from: 20/05/1941, Date to: 20/08/1948; accordingly stated, as per NAA Service Record (Pg's: 13, to 18, of 20pg's) of Private: Edgar B WOODLEY; S-NO: QX19339.
20 May 1941:	Enlisted
20 May 1941:	Enlisted Private, QX19339, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
20 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX19339, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
15 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, AWM Roll of Honour - POW'S & Missing Persons, (P.O.W, while in service) Service of Private: Edgar B WOODLEY; S-NO: QX19339. Also NAA Service Record (Pg's: 14,15 of 20pg's) of Private: Edgar B WOODLEY.
20 Aug 1948:	Discharged
20 Aug 1948:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX19339, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

Next of Kin - Brother: George Ernest WOODLEY.