'Though born in Bundaberg, Queensland, Jack was living with his mother Ada Brennan in Mackay when he enlisted in the Army in that city on 19 July 1940.
A member of "F" Force, he was admitted to Kanchanaburi F & H Hospital No. 2 Camp with Dysentery.
His body was exhumed from Grave 111 at Kanchanaburi No. 4 Burial Grounds and re-interred at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery in 1946.
He is commemorated in Australia at The Australian War Memorial, Canberra; The Ex-POW Memorial Wall, Ballarat, Victoria.
"When you go home
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
<<< Photo of A.I.F. Badge used with kind permission of Iain MacFarlaine. >>>
A member of "F" Force, he was admitted to Kanchanaburi F & H Hospital No. 2 Camp with Dysentery.
His body was exhumed from Grave 111 at Kanchanaburi No. 4 Burial Grounds and re-interred at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery in 1946.
He is commemorated in Australia at The Australian War Memorial, Canberra; The Ex-POW Memorial Wall, Ballarat, Victoria.
"When you go home
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
<<< Photo of A.I.F. Badge used with kind permission of Iain MacFarlaine. >>>
'Though born in Bundaberg, Queensland, Jack was living with his mother Ada Brennan in Mackay when he enlisted in the Army in that city on 19 July 1940.
A member of "F" Force, he was admitted to Kanchanaburi F & H Hospital No. 2 Camp with Dysentery.
His body was exhumed from Grave 111 at Kanchanaburi No. 4 Burial Grounds and re-interred at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery in 1946.
He is commemorated in Australia at The Australian War Memorial, Canberra; The Ex-POW Memorial Wall, Ballarat, Victoria.
"When you go home
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
<<< Photo of A.I.F. Badge used with kind permission of Iain MacFarlaine. >>>
A member of "F" Force, he was admitted to Kanchanaburi F & H Hospital No. 2 Camp with Dysentery.
His body was exhumed from Grave 111 at Kanchanaburi No. 4 Burial Grounds and re-interred at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery in 1946.
He is commemorated in Australia at The Australian War Memorial, Canberra; The Ex-POW Memorial Wall, Ballarat, Victoria.
"When you go home
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
<<< Photo of A.I.F. Badge used with kind permission of Iain MacFarlaine. >>>
Inscription
QX 13275 Australian Infantry. 2/26 Infantry Battalion
Gravesite Details
Age 24 May his soul rest in peace.
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