Transcript of military service for army number:--- QX10308
Born:--- Toowoomba, Queensland, 7th March 1920.
Religion:--- Church of England
Martial status:--- single
Civilian employment:--- Labourer
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr F. S. Irvine, Enfield, Mitchell, Queensland.
Enlisted:--- 28th June 1940, in Toowoomba, Queensland.
Age on enlistment:--- 20 years and 3 months.
Final Rank:--- Private
Final Unit:--- First Independent Company, 2nd AIF.
Embarked from:--- Australia aboard HMAT "Z" on 12th July 1941 , disembarked at Kavieng, New Guinea on 24th July 1941.
PoW:--- Recorded 22nd August 1942, missing believe to be prisoner of war, held by Japanese Imperial Forces.
Fate:--- Died at sea aboard the Montevideo Maru after it was torpoded and sank, in South China Sea, on 1st July 1942, aged 22 years.Recorded in service records on 10th October 1945, as reported as missing, aboard the Montevideo Maru and presumed dead for offical purposes on 1st July 1942.
Burial:--- No known grave. Known unto God.
Parents:--- Frank Stanley Irvine and Susannah Priscilla Brewer married 26th December 1910, Wingham, New South Wales.
Memorials:--- Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rabaul Memorial
Transcript of military service for army number:--- QX10308
Born:--- Toowoomba, Queensland, 7th March 1920.
Religion:--- Church of England
Martial status:--- single
Civilian employment:--- Labourer
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr F. S. Irvine, Enfield, Mitchell, Queensland.
Enlisted:--- 28th June 1940, in Toowoomba, Queensland.
Age on enlistment:--- 20 years and 3 months.
Final Rank:--- Private
Final Unit:--- First Independent Company, 2nd AIF.
Embarked from:--- Australia aboard HMAT "Z" on 12th July 1941 , disembarked at Kavieng, New Guinea on 24th July 1941.
PoW:--- Recorded 22nd August 1942, missing believe to be prisoner of war, held by Japanese Imperial Forces.
Fate:--- Died at sea aboard the Montevideo Maru after it was torpoded and sank, in South China Sea, on 1st July 1942, aged 22 years.Recorded in service records on 10th October 1945, as reported as missing, aboard the Montevideo Maru and presumed dead for offical purposes on 1st July 1942.
Burial:--- No known grave. Known unto God.
Parents:--- Frank Stanley Irvine and Susannah Priscilla Brewer married 26th December 1910, Wingham, New South Wales.
Memorials:--- Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rabaul Memorial
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"The fortune of war, has denied this known and honoured, ANZAC, burial given to his comrades in death."
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