FINDLAY, Andrew Peter
Service Number: | QX1410 |
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Enlisted: | 3 March 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/3rd Field Ambulance |
Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 29 April 1917 |
Home Town: | Warra, Western Downs, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Grazier |
Died: | Killed in Action, New Guinea, 26 November 1943, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery JJ A , |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dalby 'The Fallen' Honour Board, Dalby War Memorial, Kaimkillenbun War Memorial, Warra War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, QX1410 | |
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3 Mar 1940: | Enlisted Private, QX1410, 2nd/3rd Field Ambulance, Toowoomba, Qld. | |
3 Mar 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX1410, 2nd/3rd Field Ambulance | |
26 Nov 1943: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Peter Grant Findlay and Cristina Morrison Findlay, of Warra, Queensland
FEARLESSLY HE DIED...BELOVED BY ALL LOVINGLY REMEMBERED
FINDLAY. — Treasured memories of our dearly beloved son, Andy, of the 2/3rd Field Ambulance, 9th Div., A.I.F., who was killed in action in New Guinea, November 26th, 1943. Freely he gave, freely he shall receive.
Greater love hath no man.
(Inserted by his loving mother & father).