Edward James (Ted) COSTELLO

COSTELLO, Edward James

Service Number: QX20765
Enlisted: 3 March 1941
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: Australian Motor Transport Company
Born: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 3 March 1906
Home Town: Bulimba, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Milk Vendor, Factory hand
Died: Illness, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 19 February 1991, aged 84 years
Cemetery: Hemmant Cemetery and Crematorium, Brisbane, Queensland
Plot - Lawn 11 - 1702
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Mar 1941: Involvement QX20765
3 Mar 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX20765
14 Nov 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Driver, QX20765, Australian Motor Transport Company, 2/3 Australian Motor Coy

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Edward James COSTELLO was born in Toowoomba, Queensland on 3rd March, 1906

His parents were Edward COSTELLO & Ada WAITE who married in Queensland on 26th April, 1904

He married Amy May PORTER on 19th November, 1930 in Brisbane - divorced in 1947 (two children Jim & Betty) - his 2nd marriage was to Evelyn Ann May CARNEY nee KEYES 

He enlisted in Brisbane on 3rd March, 1941 in the Australian Army and was taken Prisoner of War in Java & Canu Jungle Camp, Thailand in 1943

He returned to Australia in 1945 and was discharged 14th November, 1945

Edward died in Brisbane on 19th February, 1991 and is buried in the Hemmant Cemetery & Crematorium in Queensland

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