YARROW, Joseph Alfred
| Service Number: | Q89709 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 11 August 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 1 November 1900 |
| Home Town: | Harrisville, Scenic Rim, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 9 August 1977, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Kalbar General Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 11 Aug 1941: | Involvement Private, Q89709 | |
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| 11 Aug 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 11 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q89709 | |
| 6 Jan 1942: | Discharged | |
| 6 Jan 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q89709 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Joseph was the fifth of fourteen children of James Yarrow (born 1868 at Redbank Plains, Ipswich, QLD) and first wife Mary Titmarsh (born 1871 at Fassifern via Ipswich, QLD). James (a Farmer) and Mary married in 1890 and lived at Redbank Plains, Crow's Nest, Kalbar and Kent's Lagoon before settling at Bundanba in Ipswich. Following Mary's death in 1940, James remarried. He died in 1954.
A Farmer at Kent's Lagoon, Joseph married Jane Violet Stokes (born 1900 at Munbilla, Harrisville, QLD) in 1925 at Boonah via Ipswich, QLD.
In August 1941 Joseph enlisted with the ACMF (Private; Service No:Q89709). He was Discharged in January 1942. Brother Alex (Private; Service No:4798) served in WWI.
Joseph and Jane settled at Siverdale in Rosewood on the Darling Downs, QLD where Joseph was a Dairy Farmer. He died in 1977 and Jane in 1986.