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ALLAN, Duncan Arthur
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | Q16324, QX52818 |
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Enlisted: | 19 June 1941, Caboolture, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bangalow, New South Wales, Australia, 18 April 1922 |
Home Town: | Morayfield, Moreton Bay, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Sawmill hand |
Died: | Killed in Action, Bougainville Island, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 18 December 1944, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Caboolture War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
19 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Private, Q16324, 9 Infantry Battalion AMF, Caboolture, Queensland | |
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20 Jun 1941: | Involvement QX52818 | |
7 Jul 1942: | Promoted Corporal, 9 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
29 Mar 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, QX52818, 9 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
29 Mar 1943: | Enlisted Corporal, QX52818, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion | |
29 Mar 1943: | Transferred Corporal, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, Joined AIF | |
17 Apr 1944: | Promoted Sergeant, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion | |
29 Aug 1944: | Embarked Sergeant, QX52818, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Duntroon, Cairns | |
18 Dec 1944: | Involvement Sergeant, QX52818, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, Bougainville |
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