Michael James CROOKS

CROOKS, Michael James

Service Number: QX9574
Enlisted: 20 June 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born: Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia, 8 February 1919
Home Town: Mount Gravatt, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Illness, Thailand., 16 January 1944, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, QX9574
20 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX9574, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
20 Jun 1940: Enlisted
30 Jul 1941: Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX9574, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Embarked from Melbourne on HMT "EE". Disembarked in Singapore on 15 Aug 1941.
8 Dec 1941: Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX9574, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore
15 Feb 1942: Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore
16 Jan 1944: Discharged
16 Jan 1944: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX9574, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, POW Death.

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