STRATHDEE, Wallace McIntosh
| Service Number: | 24815 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 February 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5 Communication Unit RAAF (Garbutt) |
| Born: | Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia, 13 November 1909 |
| Home Town: | Ayr, Burdekin, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Ayr, Queensland, Australia, 21 February 1999, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ayr Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 7 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 24815, 5 Communication Unit RAAF (Garbutt) | |
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| 7 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 24815 | |
| 30 Jan 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 24815, 5 Communication Unit RAAF (Garbutt) | |
| 30 Jan 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 24815 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Corporal, 24815, 5 Communication Unit RAAF (Garbutt) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Wallace was the third of four children of Alexander Strathdee (born 1869 in Scotland) and Ellen Annie Harris (born 1880 at Emu Plains via Bowen, QLD). Alexander, the son of a Crofter, immigrated to QLD in 1888, arriving in Moreton Bay on board the Duke of Argyll. He married Ellen in October 1900 at Ravenswood, QLD where he was a Mine Manager. By 1912 Alexander was a Licensed Victualler at the New Ravenswood Hotel, and by 1913 the family had moved to Ayr, QLD where Alexander was a Farmer.
Wallace was a Farmer at Ayr, QLD when he enlisted in the RAAF in February 1941. He was a Corporal (Service No:24815) attached to 5 Communications Unit when he was Discharged in January 1946. Brother Daniel Bruce Strathdee (Sapper, Service No:Q112028) also served in WWII.
Returning from Service, Wallace was working as a Spray Painter in Brisbane, QLD when he met Kathleen Emma Teresa Cockburn (nee Saunders, born 1900 in Maryborough, QLD). They moved to Sydney, NSW until Kathleen's Divorce was finalised - and married in May 1952. Wallace worked as a Shop Assistant and Kathleen as a Milliner before they returned to Brisbane in 1956. They settled at Fairfield in Brisbane, QLD where Wallace worked as a Clerk. Following Kathleen's death in 1985 Wallace moved back to Ayr, QLD where he died in 1999.