Service number | VX45201 |
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Birth Date | 16/05/1913 |
Birth Place | Australia: Victoria, Korumburra |
Death Date | 08/07/1987 |
Final Rank | Lieutenant |
Unit | 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion |
Place | Korumburra |
Conflict/Operation | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Lieutenant Douglas McDonald McQueen
Description
Lieutenant Douglas McDonald McQueen enlisted to the Second Australian Imperial Force on 8 July 1940, after previously serving with the Citizen Military Force. Lieutenant McQueen served with 2/29 Australian Infantry Battalion in Malaya. In February 1942, he was captured as a prisoner of war of the Japanese. Lieutenant McQueen worked on the Thai-Burma Railway as part of "F" Force. After the war, Lieutenant McQueen returned to Australia and was discharged on 7 January 1946.
Rolls
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Second World War POWs and Missing Persons:
- Unit
- 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant
Timeline
Date of birth | 16/05/1913 | |
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Date of enlistment | 08/07/1940 | |
Date of discharge | 07/01/1946 | |
Date of death | 08/07/1987 |