MACQUEEN, Kenneth Haig
| Service Number: | VX348 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 January 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | KORUMBURRA , Victoria, Australia, 8 May 1917 |
| Home Town: | Korumburra South, South Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 22 Jan 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX348, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX348, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Lieutenant, VX348, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Mick MILLER
Kenneth Haig MacQUEEN was born in KORUMBURRA, Victoria on the 8th May, 1917. Father was Lachlan MacQUEEN.
Joined Militia in 12th Oct, 1936 as part of 29th-22nd Battalion.
S/N VE326332
Promoted to Sgt in 1938.
Promoted to Lt on 20, Oct, 1939 and subsequently transferred from the AMF to the AIF for overseas duties. Allocated to the 2nd/7th Battalion. S/N VX348
Served in the Middle East and Greece. Believed to have been captured on Crete in 1941 where the 2nd / 7th Battalion served as the rear guard for the evacuation resulting in the capture of the bulk of this Battalion. Served the remainder of the war as a priosner predomantly at Oflag V11-B until his return in 1945.
Awarded the Efficiency Decoration (ED) for services renedred and post war worked as a Spirts Salesman.
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