BANDY, Albert Glyn
| Service Numbers: | WX11119, WX31114, WX501170 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 June 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | British Commonwealth Occupation Forces, Japan |
| Born: | Jarrahdale, Western Australia, 11 July 1917 |
| Home Town: | Gingin, Gingin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | New Norcia, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Junior Clerk Commonwealth Service |
| Died: | Small bowel obstruction plus Aspiration pneumonia, Gold Coast Hospital, Southport, Queensland, Australia, 28 August 1993, aged 76 years |
| Cemetery: |
Allambe Memorial Park, Gold Coast |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 25 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, WX11119 | |
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| 3 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, WX31114 | |
| 14 Dec 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, WX31114 |
Occupation Force Japan - BCOF Service
| 18 Mar 1947: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Major, WX501170, British Commonwealth Occupation Forces, Japan | |
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| 24 Apr 1947: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, British Commonwealth Occupation Forces, Japan |
IN DEDICATION TO ALBERT GLYN BANDY
A TRIBUTE TO ALBERT GLYN BANDY WHO SERVED WITH PRIDE
HONOUR AND DILIGENCE
TO OUR FATHER FOR WHOM WE ARE SO PROUD FOR HIS TOTAL DEDICATION
TO HIS FAMILY AND COUNTRY
LEIUTENANT-COLONEL BANDY, WAS 30 YEAR OLD WHEN HE ACHIEVED THIS RANK SERVING IN THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCES AT THAT PERIOD 1947 – 1948 (INCLUDING THE B.C.O.F. AND IMERPIEAL FORCES).
HE WAS AWARDED THE WAR MEDIAL 1939-1945, AND AUSTRALIAN SERVICE MEDAL.
ENLISTING IN THE ARMY IN 1940 IN THE PAY CORPS AND IN 1941 HE WAS PAYMASTER ABOARD THE DUTCH SHIP SHIBIJAK WHICH OPERATED BETWEEN FREEMANTEL AND MALAYA. HIS RANK WAS MAJOR.
MAJOR BANDY – AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES FROM 1942 TO 1946
IN 1942 WAS POSTED TO SINGAPORE
IN JAPAN FROM 1947 – 1948 AS TEMPORARY LIEUTENANT COLONEL. MY FATHER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE B.C.O.F. RATIONS SYSTEMS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BRITISH (B.C.O.F. AND IMPERIAL FORCES) AND AMERICAN ARMY FORCES.
MY MOTHER AND BROTHER ALSO RESIDED IN JAPAN.
THE HISTORIANS HAVE FOCUSED ON OUR COURAGEOUS MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED AT THE COLD FACE OF WAR ZONES, WITH MINIMAL DATA AND RECOGNITION FOR THOSE WHO SERVICED IN OTHER MILITARY CAPCITIES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES, PARTAKING IN DUTIES THAT WERE REGARDED AS STRAGTERICALLY IMPORTANT MISSIONS, FOR THE AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES.
TO ALL THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO PARTIFICATED IN UNBEARABLE WARS, AND SCARIFING THEIR LIVES FOR AUSTRALIA, WE ARE SINCERELY GRATEFUL. THIS ENABLES US TO LIVE OUR SECURE WONDERFUL LIVES IN 2022.
THANK YOU
ANDREA NEWCOMBE AND JANETTE (JANE) SMITH (LIVING) PROUD DAUGHTERS OF ALBERT GLYN BANDY – AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES
10/9/2022
Submitted 10 September 2022 by ANDREA NEWCOMBE
Too Dearly Loved To Ever Be Forgotten
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