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PEEBLES, Gordon
Personal Details
| Service Number: | Q112576 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 June 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | General Details Depot |
| Born: | Ingham, Queensland, Australia, 2 November 1920 |
| Home Town: | Ingham, Hinchinbrook, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Ingham State High School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Heart Failure, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 30 May 2006, aged 85 years |
| Cemetery: |
Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Ingham, QLD Buried 05 June 2006 at Ingham Cemetery |
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World War 2 Service
| 6 Jun 1941: | Involvement Corporal, Q112576 | |
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| 6 Jun 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 6 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, Q112576 | |
| 7 Feb 1942: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, 26 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 27 May 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q112576, 26 Infantry Battalion AMF, Embarked with Battalion to Horn Island on HMAS Katoomba For Defensive Operations in the Torres Strait | |
| 4 Jul 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q112576, 26 Infantry Battalion AMF, Reembarked with Battalion to Cairns on HMS Cape Alexander post end of operational tour | |
| 25 Nov 1944: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Convalescent Depots, Transferred to 115th Australian Convalescent Depot on posting as Permanent Staff [due medical reclassification B2 ( Feet) ] | |
| 30 Dec 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q112576, Convalescent Depots, Embarked with Depot Staff from Townsville to LAE New Guinea on HT Shawnee Remained with Unit till 15th March 1945 | |
| 17 Mar 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q112576, Convalescent Depots, 115th ACD Unit transferred to New Britain for service | |
| 9 Dec 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, New Guinea Area Military HQ (Rabaul) | |
| 9 Jan 1946: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, New Guinea Area Military HQ (Rabaul) | |
| 8 Feb 1946: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Staff Sergeant, New Guinea Area Military HQ (Rabaul) | |
| 27 Mar 1946: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Staff Sergeant, General Details Depot, Posted to GDD Queensland for leave and discharge administration | |
| 9 Apr 1946: | Discharged |
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