Friday, April 24, 2026

Service in World War Two

 In my RootsMagic software I tag those persons who have served in World War 1 and World War 2. The following list of people related to me includes direct ancestors, uncles, cousins and some related by marriage who served in World War Two. 

As ANZAC Day approaches I remember and salute them for the sacrifices they made for we and our children.

Balmain, William Gregory (M)

 

Birth

24 Aug 1922 in Sydney, NSW, Australia

 

Death

29 Jul 1984 (age 61)

 

Burial

Rookwood, NSW, Australia

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Royal Australian Air Force

Bantine, Leon Larry (M)

 

Birth

3 Sep 1922 in Gulgong, NSW, Australia

 

Death

11 Oct 2011 in New South Wales, Australia (age 89)

 

Funeral Service

17 Oct 2011 in Rookwood, NSW, Australia (age 89)

 

Burial

17 Oct 2011 in Rookwood, NSW, Australia (age 89)

Barnes, Maxwell Arthur (M)

 

Birth

21 Nov 1924 in Rainbow, Victoria, Australia

 

Death

12 Nov 1982 in Queensland, Australia (age 57)

 

Burial

aft 12 Nov 1982 in Bridgeman Downs, Queensland, Australia (after age 57)

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Royal Australian Air Force

Barnes, Neil (M)

 

Birth

abt 1913

 

Death

Age: 30; 18 Oct 1943 (about age 30)

 

Burial

Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Burma

 

Military

ServiceNumber: SX.10372

Bayliss, Cecill James (M)

 

Birth

20 Aug 1919 in Stuart Town, NSW, Australia

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: A; Rank: Dvr.; 1939–1945 (about age 20–about 26)

 

Death

31 Oct 1982 in New South Wales, Australia (age 63)

 

Burial

Rookwood, NSW, Australia

Bayliss, Colin William (M)

 

Birth

1922 in New South Wales, Australia

 

Death

2001 (about age 79)

 

Burial

2001 in Stuart Town, NSW, Australia (about age 79)

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Army, Second Australian Imperial Force

Beetson, Edward Allan (M)

 

Birth

11 Jun 1925 in Gilgandra, NSW, Australia

 

Burial

1999 in Nyngan, NSW, Australia (about age 74)

 

Death

5 Jul 1999 in Nyngan, NSW, Australia (age 74)

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Army, Second Australian Imperial Force

Beetson, John Alfred (M)

 

Birth

13 Jan 1914 in Brewarrina, NSW, Australia

 

Military

5 Jun 1940 in Paddington, NSW, Australia (age 26)

 

Military

20 Jun 1946 (age 32)

 

Death

22 Jun 1979 in New South Wales, Australia (age 65)

 

Burial

aft 22 Jun 1979 in Nyngan, NSW, Australia (after age 65)

Bishop, Dallas William (M)

 

Birth

6 Sep 1921

 

Death

6 Mar 2006 in New South Wales, Australia (age 84)

 

Burial

aft 6 Mar 2006 in Albion Park, NSW, Australia (after age 84)

Cavanagh, Leo Christopher (M)

 

Birth

25 Dec 1916 in Kempsey, NSW, Australia

 

Death

28 Apr 1987 in Ballina, NSW, Australia (age 70)

 

Burial

aft 28 Apr 1987 in Macksville, NSW, Australia (after age 70)

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Army, Second Australian Imperial Force

Cavanagh, William Desmond (M)

 

Birth

1919 in Kempsey, NSW, Australia

 

Death

21 Sep 1996 in Daw Park, South Australia, Australia (about age 77)

 

Burial

25 Sep 1996 in Salisbury, South Australia, Australia (about age 77)

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Army, Second Australian Imperial Force

Chatfield, John William (M)

 

Birth

12 May 1915 in Cobar, NSW, Australia

 

Military

13 Feb 1942 in Paddington, NSW, Australia (age 26)

 

Military

26 Nov 1945 in New South Wales, Australia (age 30)

 

Death

30 Dec 1988 in Coogee, NSW, Australia (age 73)

 

Burial

3 Jan 1989 in Botany, NSW, Australia (age 73)

 

Funeral Service

3 Jan 1989 in Coogee, NSW, Australia (age 73)

Christie, Alexander Graham (M)

 

Birth

1920

Clark, Marion Joan (F)

 

Birth

19 Sep 1923 in Hornsby, NSW, Australia

 

Death

25 May 2002 (age 78)

 

Burial

aft 25 May 2002 in Parkes, NSW, Australia (after age 78)

Crowther, James Henry (M)

 

Birth

14 Nov 1911 in Burnley, Lancashire, England

Cummins, John Brendan (M)

 

Birth

22 May 1919 in Junee, NSW, Australia

 

Death

3 Jan 2006 in Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia (age 86)

Cummins, Kevin Francis (M)

 

Birth

27 Oct 1919 in Junee, NSW, Australia

 

Death

2002 (about age 83)

 

Burial

Junee, NSW, Australia

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Army, Second Australian Imperial Force

Curry, Allan John (M)

 

Birth

23 Jun 1919 in Canowindra, NSW, Australia

 

Military

1 Jul 1942 in Leppington, NSW, Australia (age 23)

 

Military

23 Apr 1946 in New South Wales, Australia (age 26)

 

Death

20 Jul 2001 in Darlington, NSW, Australia (age 82)

 

Funeral Service

24 Jul 2001 in Randwick, NSW, Australia (age 82)

 

Burial

24 Jul 2001 in Botany, NSW, Australia (age 82)

Curry, John Louis Stanislaus (M)

 

Birth

15 Jul 1911 in New South Wales, Australia

 

Death

19 May 1981 in Lane Cove, NSW, Australia (age 69)

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Army, Second Australian Imperial Force

Curry, John Martin (M)

 

Birth

25 May 1900 in New South Wales, Australia

 

Death

22 Aug 1983 in New South Wales, Australia (age 83)

 

Burial

aft 22 Aug 1983 in Rookwood, NSW, Australia (after age 83)

Curry, John Mortimer (M)

 

Birth

22 Oct 1899 in Wingham, NSW, Australia

 

Military

2 Jan 1942 in Paddington, NSW, Australia (age 42)

 

Military

15 Feb 1945 in New South Wales, Australia (age 45)

 

Death

6 Jul 1970 in New South Wales, Australia (age 70)

Curry, June Gladys (F)

 

Birth

21 Oct 1922

 

Death

3 Sep 2006 in Paddington, NSW, Australia (age 83)

 

Burial

Rookwood, NSW, Australia

Curry, Laurence Thorald (M)

 

Birth

14 Apr 1922 in St Arnaud, Victoria, Australia

 

Military

7 May 1941 in Royal Park, Victoria, Australia (age 19)

 

Military

4 Jan 1946 in Victoria, Australia (age 23)

 

Death

Age: 62; 2 Sep 1984 in Queensland, Australia (age 62)

 

Burial

5 Sep 1984 in Southport, Queensland, Australia (age 62)

Curry, Neil Francis (M)

 

Birth

18 Mar 1908 in New South Wales, Australia

 

Military

22 May 1940 in Paddington, NSW, Australia (age 32)

 

Death

10 Feb 1982 in Hospital, , NSW, Australia (age 73)

Curry, Paul Frederick (M)

 

Birth

25 May 1921 in New South Wales, Australia

 

Death

8 Jan 1995 in New South Wales, Australia (age 73)

 

Burial

Bathurst, NSW, Australia

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Army, Second Australian Imperial Force

Curry, Robert Allan (M)

 

Birth

24 Aug 1904 in Australia

 

Death

5 Jul 1990 in Strathfield, NSW, Australia (age 85)

Curry, Thomas William (M)

 

Birth

31 Aug 1911 in Victoria, Australia

 

Military

abt 1940 (about age 29)

 

Military

26 Jul 1940 in Royal Park, Victoria, Australia (age 28)

 

Death

bef 2000 (before about age 89)

Curry, Thomas William (M)

 

Birth

24 Feb 1921 in Dungog, NSW, Australia

 

Military

30 Jun 1942 in Leppington, NSW, Australia (age 21)

 

Military

22 Mar 1946 in New South Wales, Australia (age 25)

 

Death

Brain cancer from Melanoma; 10 Dec 1996 in Kogarah, NSW, Australia (age 75)

 

Funeral Service

13 Dec 1996 in Brighton-le-sands, NSW, Australia (age 75)

 

Cremation

13 Dec 1996 in Botany, NSW, Australia (age 75)

Curry, Wilfred Anthony (M)

 

Birth

abt 1919 in Erskinville, NSW, Australia

 

Residence

8 Dec 1943 in Bondi, NSW, Australia (about age 24)

 

Death

1999 in Queensland, Australia (about age 80)

Davis, Christopher Seth Richard (M)

 

Birth

1912 in Windsor, NSW, Australia

 

Death

1978 in Cambridge Park, NSW, Australia (about age 66)

 

Burial

1978 in Burial details Unknown (about age 66)

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Army, Second Australian Imperial Force

Davis, Hector Brooklyn (M)

 

Birth

1 Jun 1907 in Narrandera, NSW, Australia

 

Death

22 Aug 1981 in Sydney, NSW, Australia (age 74)

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Army, Second Australian Imperial Force

 

Burial

Orange, NSW, Australia

Davis, Mervyn Claude (M)

 

Birth

25 Feb 1915 in Windsor, NSW, Australia

 

Death

2 Mar 2004 (age 89)

 

Burial

aft 2 Mar 2004 in Rookwood, NSW, Australia (after age 89)

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Army, Citizen Military Forces

Doyle, Jack (M)

 

Birth

1922

 

Death

2003 in New South Wales, Australia (about age 81)

 

Burial

Bathurst, NSW, Australia

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Army, Citizen Military Forces

Egan, Clyde Henry (M)

 

Birth

5 May 1913 in New South Wales, Australia

 

Death

19 Dec 1942 in Sanananda, , New Guinea (age 29)

 

Burial

aft 19 Dec 1942 in Port Moresby, , New Guinea (after age 29)

 

Military

ServiceNumber: NX82282

English, William Charles (M)

 

Birth

1 Aug 1924 in Bathurst, NSW, Australia

 

Death

1985 (about age 61)

 

Burial

Minchinbury, NSW, Australia

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Army, Second Australian Imperial Force

Falk, John Andrew Rodgers (M)

 

Birth

1912 in Ryde, NSW, Australia

 

Death

11 Sep 1958 in Dunedoo, NSW, Australia (about age 46)

 

Burial

aft 11 Sep 1958 in Dunedoo, NSW, Australia (after about age 46)

Falk, Neils Frederick Rodgers (M)

 

Birth

18 Aug 1909 in Brewarrina, NSW, Australia

 

Military

8 Nov 1942 in Bathurst, NSW, Australia (age 33)

 

Military

21 Dec 1944 (age 35)

 

Death

bef 17 Sep 1994 in New South Wales, Australia (before age 85)

Falk, William Henry Rodgers (M)

 

Birth

25 Mar 1920 in Warren, NSW, Australia

 

Military

3 Dec 1942 in Newcastle, NSW, Australia (age 22)

 

Military

21 Jun 1946 (age 26)

 

Death

10 Apr 2003 (age 83)

 

Burial

aft 10 Apr 2003 in Warren, NSW, Australia (after age 83)

Grady, Francis Thomas (M)

 

Birth

2 Oct 1916 in Manilla, NSW, Australia

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Army, Second Australian Imperial Force

Grant, Peter Mallon (M)

 

Birth

abt 1902

 

Death

Age: 40; 5 Dec 1942 (about age 40)

 

Burial

Burma

 

Military

ServiceNumber: NX.69262

Grogan, Vincent Howard (M)

 

Birth

1917 in New South Wales, Australia

 

Death

Age: 74; 3 Nov 1991 in New South Wales, Australia (about age 74)

 

Funeral Service

aft 3 Nov 1991 in Unanderra, NSW, Australia (after about age 74)

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Army, Second Australian Imperial Force

 

Burial

Unanderra, NSW, Australia

Izard, George Thomas (M)

 

Birth

1909

 

Death

11 Jun 1965 in New South Wales, Australia (about age 56)

 

Burial

Noraville, NSW, Australia

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Army; MilitaryUnit: 214/57 Anti-Aircraft Bde RA; Regiment: Royal Artillery; ServiceNumber: 862423

Jackson, Thomas Joseph (M)

 

Birth

23 Mar 1918 in Warwick, Queensland, Australia

 

Death

15 Feb 1958 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia (age 39)

 

Burial

17 Feb 1958 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia (age 39)

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Army, Second Australian Imperial Force

Jones, Denis Leslie (M)

 

Birth

7 Mar 1926 in New South Wales, Australia

 

Death

20 Aug 2009 in New South Wales, Australia (age 83)

Kable, Keith Edward (M)

 

Birth

28 Jan 1926 in Erskinville, NSW, Australia

 

Death

8 Sep 2006 (age 80)

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Army, Citizen Military Forces N467729

 

Burial

Finley, NSW, Australia

Kealy, James Vincent (M)

 

Birth

7 Oct 1892 in New South Wales, Australia

 

Military

13 Jun 1916 in New South Wales, Australia (age 23)

 

Military

24 Apr 1919 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia (age 26)

 

Military

12 Jul 1941 in Paddington, NSW, Australia (age 48)

 

Death

3 Aug 1959 in Greenslopes, Queensland, Australia (age 66)

 

Burial

aft 3 Aug 1959 in Kedron, Queensland, Australia (after age 66)

Kealy, John Reginald (M)

 

Birth

10 Jun 1912 in Haberfield, NSW, Australia

 

Military

2 Jul 1940 in Paddington, NSW, Australia (age 28)

 

Death

18 Apr 1974 in Northern Territory, Australia (age 61)

Keogh, Edmund Patrick (M)

 

Birth

1901 in New South Wales, Australia

 

Death

5 Mar 1950 in Marrickville, NSW, Australia (about age 49)

 

Burial

aft 5 Mar 1950 in Botany, NSW, Australia (after about age 49)

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Army, Second Australian Imperial Force Nx201718

Mayberry, Timothy Augustus (M)

 

Death

28 Oct 1965 in Australia

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Army, Second Australian Imperial Force

 

Marriage

1922 in New South Wales, Australia

Moore, John James (M)

 

Birth

4 Jul 1921 in Manilla, NSW, Australia

 

Death

4 Aug 1975 in Queensland, Australia (age 54)

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Army, Second Australian Imperial Force

 

Burial

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Moore, John Melville (M)

 

Birth

abt 1914

 

Birth

25 Apr 1914 in Narromine, NSW, Australia

 

Death

16 Jun 1987 in New South Wales, Australia (about age 73)

 

Burial

aft 16 Jun 1987 in Rookwood, NSW, Australia (after about age 73)

Moroney, Clement Leo Bede (M)

 

Birth

1907 in New South Wales, Australia

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Army, Second Australian Imperial Force

Passlow, Harold Edward (M)

 

Birth

16 May 1915 in Canowindra, NSW, Australia

 

Military

abt 1939 in Queensland, Australia (about age 24)

 

Death

8 Jul 2010 (age 95)

 

Burial

aft 8 Jul 2010 in Rookwood, NSW, Australia (after age 95)

Passlow, Irene Therese (F)

 

Birth

15 May 1922 in Canowindra, NSW, Australia

 

Military

abt 1939 (about age 17)

 

Death

23 Jan 2013 in New South Wales, Australia (age 90)

 

Funeral Service

25 Jan 2013 in North Ryde, NSW, Australia (age 90)

Passlow, Rita Maud (F)

 

Birth

1923 in New South Wales, Australia

 

Death

14 Jan 2013 in Tumut, NSW, Australia (about age 90)

Passlow, William Ernest (M)

 

Birth

9 Sep 1916 in Canowindra, NSW, Australia

 

Military

abt 1939 (about age 23)

 

Military

6 Jul 1940 in Wau, Papua New Guinea (age 23)

 

Death

2 Aug 1955 in Madang, Papua New Guinea (age 38)

 

Burial

Madang, Papua New Guinea

Price, Jack Edwin (M)

 

Birth

26 Dec 1917 in Enfield, NSW, Australia

 

Death

1997 (about age 80)

Pusell, Donald James (M)

 

Birth

5 Jun 1925 in Kandos, NSW, Australia

 

Military

30 Jul 1943 in Wooloomooloo, NSW, Australia (age 18)

 

Death

9 Aug 1948 in Kandos, NSW, Australia (age 23)

 

Burial

11 Aug 1948 in Rylstone, NSW, Australia (age 23)

Pusell, George (M)

 

Birth

18 Aug 1914 in New South Wales, Australia

 

Military

17 Jul 1941 in Sydney, NSW, Australia (age 26)

 

Death

Result of car accident. Was in a coma for three months before his death; 5 Jul 1972 in Adelaide South Australia, Australia (age 57)

 

Burial

aft 5 Jul 1974 in South Australia, Australia (after age 59)

Pusell, Horace Keith (M)

 

Birth

11 Apr 1923 in Bathurst, NSW, Australia

 

Military

19 Sep 1945 in Australia (age 22)

 

Military

6 Aug 1951 in Australia (age 28)

 

Military

1 Oct 1957 (age 34)

 

Death

29 Sep 2009 (age 86)

 

Burial

aft 29 Sep 2009 in Buderim, Queensland, Australia (after age 86)

Pusell, James Aspinall (M)

 

Birth

28 Oct 1918 in Cobar, NSW, Australia

 

Military

31 Dec 1942 in Moore Park, NSW, Australia (age 24)

 

Military

17 Jun 1943 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (age 24)

 

Military

4 Feb 1947 in New South Wales, Australia (age 28)

 

Death

12 Mar 1991 in New South Wales, Australia (age 72)

 

Burial

aft 12 Mar 1991 in Nyngan, NSW, Australia (after age 72)

Pusell, Thomas Patrick (M)

 

Birth

10 May 1912 in Cobar, NSW, Australia

 

Military

28 Aug 1941 in Paddington, NSW, Australia (age 29)

 

Military

26 Feb 1946 in New South Wales, Australia (age 33)

 

Death

19 Sep 1984 in Greenslopes, Queensland, Australia (age 72)

 

Burial

aft 19 Sep 1984 in Cullen Bullen, NSW, Australia (after age 72)

Reakes, John Wilson (M)

 

Birth

25 Apr 1920 in Narromine, NSW, Australia

 

Death

28 Jun 1998 in New South Wales, Australia (age 78)

 

Burial

aft 28 Jun 1998 in Tumut, NSW, Australia (after age 78)

Reakes, Robert Francis (M)

 

Birth

3 Dec 1916 in Narromine, NSW, Australia

 

Death

9 Mar 1993 in New South Wales, Australia (age 76)

 

Burial

aft 9 Mar 1993 in Narromine, NSW, Australia (after age 76)

Sly, Raymond Wilfred (M)

 

Birth

14 Dec 1923 in New South Wales, Australia

 

Death

4 Apr 1986 in New South Wales, Australia (age 62)

Smith, Donald Eric (M)

 

Birth

1922 in Cowra, NSW, Australia

 

Death

Age: 20; 8 Feb 1943 in Papua New Guinea (about age 21)

 

Burial

Lae, Morobe, Papua New Guinea

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Army, Citizen Military Forces

Smith, William Thomas (M)

 

Birth

29 May 1920 in Dunedoo, NSW, Australia

 

Death

1991 in New South Wales, Australia (about age 71)

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Army, Second Australian Imperial Force

Tierney, Carl Edward (M)

 

Birth

18 Aug 1920 in Summer Hill, NSW, Australia

 

Military

1 Jul 1942 in Leppington, NSW, Australia (age 21)

 

Military

11 Apr 1946 in New South Wales, Australia (age 25)

 

Death

20 Apr 2006 in Kogarah, NSW, Australia (age 85)

 

Burial

24 Apr 2006 in Sutherland, NSW, Australia (age 85)

Tierney, Eugene Denis (M)

 

Birth

11 Aug 1912 in New South Wales, Australia

 

Military

22 May 1940 in Paddington, NSW, Australia (age 27)

 

Military

27 Aug 1945 in New South Wales, Australia (age 33)

 

Death

Myocardial infarct, Coronory sclerosis, Hypertension,Chronic obstructive airways disease.; 6 Jul 1980 in Miami, Queensland, Australia (age 67)

 

Burial

8 Jul 1980 in Nerang, Queensland, Australia (age 67)

Tierney, John Philip (M)

 

Birth

24 Oct 1911 in New South Wales, Australia

 

Military

Age: 15; 1925–1927 in Australia (about age 14–about 16)

 

Military

7 Jul 1941 in North Sydney, NSW, Australia (age 29)

 

Military

24 Oct 1947 in New South Wales, Australia (age 36)

 

Death

19 Feb 1959 in Peakhurst, NSW, Australia (age 47)

 

Burial

aft 19 Feb 1959 in Sutherland, NSW, Australia (after age 47)

Travis, Frank Herbert (M)

 

Birth

5 Dec 1923 in Drummoyne, NSW, Australia

 

Death

20 Jul 2017 in Victoria, Australia (age 93)

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Royal Australian Navy

Witcom, Raymond Joseph (M)

 

Birth

27 Aug 1924

 

Death

25 Jan 1980 in New South Wales, Australia (age 55)

Wittig, Leo Charles (M)

 

Birth

28 Nov 1921 in New South Wales, Australia

 

Death

8 Jun 1990 in New South Wales, Australia (age 68)

 

Burial

aft 8 Jun 1990 in Kemps Creek, NSW, Australia (after age 68)

Young, Alexander Ian Kirkpatrick (M)

 

Birth

10 Jan 1914 in Carcoar, NSW, Australia

 

Death

Age: 81; 15 Jan 1995 in Cowra, NSW, Australia (age 81)

 

Death

15 Jan 1995 (age 81)

 

Burial

Lyndhurst, NSW, Australia

 

Military

MilitaryServiceBranch: Army, Second Australian Imperial Force


It's a long list but I am sure that I probably missed some Beetsons, Cummins, Magicks and Reakes. Those were big families.

This exercise has been valuable as it has helped me identify some gaps in my records. 

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