RASBY, Sydney Mervyn
Service Numbers: | QX52358, Q136144 |
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Enlisted: | 1 May 1943 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | Australian Provost Corps |
Born: | Glasshouse Mountains, Queensland, Australia , 15 October 1923 |
Home Town: | Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Injuries - Motor Cycle Accident, Buranda, Queensland, Australia, 14 February 1947, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld ANZ 7 74 64 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, QX52358 | |
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1 May 1943: | Enlisted Corporal, Q136144, Australian Provost Corps | |
1 May 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX52358 | |
14 Feb 1947: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Albert and Wilhelmina Augusta Sophia Rasby; husband of Thelma Rasby, of Paddington.
ARMY CYCLIST KILLED
Sydney M. Rasby, 23, a soldier attached to the Northern Command Provost Service, Kelvin Grove, died from head injuries he received when his motor cycle and a car collided at the corner of Logan Road and Maynard Street, Buranda, at 3 p.m. yesterday. Rasby died in an ambulance car while being taken to Greenslopes Military Hospital.