Herbert William BILLSBOROUGH

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BILLSBOROUGH, Herbert William

Service Number:	QX10083
Enlisted:	17 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bingara, New South Wales, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Goondiwindi, Goondiwindi, Queensland
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness, Thailand, 25 December 1943
Cemetery:	Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 1 D 5,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

17 Jun 1940:	Enlisted
17 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX10083, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Herbert Wiliam BILLSBOROUGH was born in Bingara, NSW in 1891 although he stated he was born in 1900 on his war record which is incorrect

His parents were George Joseph BILLSBOROUGH & Eliza Emily LOCKHART who married in Bingara on 24th August, 1886

He married Rose Cecilia SMITH in St Marys Church, Bingara on 26th May, 1915

Herbert died as a Prisoner of War on 25th December, 1943

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