On 23 April 1941 at Toowoomba, Queensland, Ted King enlisted in the Army.
Originally assigned to 3 Training Battalion, he transferred to the 2/26 Battalion on its becoming an entity in late November 1941, and became attached to Battalion Headquarters as a member of the Mortars Platoon.
He was slaving on the railway as a member of "F" Force when he was admitted to Kanchanaburi F & H No. 2 Hospital Camp with Dysentery and Beri Beri. He was buried in grave 063 at Kanchanaburi No 4 Burial Grounds.
After the war his body was exhumed and re buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
He was the son of William and Anna King of Toowoomba, Queensland.
Originally assigned to 3 Training Battalion, he transferred to the 2/26 Battalion on its becoming an entity in late November 1941, and became attached to Battalion Headquarters as a member of the Mortars Platoon.
He was slaving on the railway as a member of "F" Force when he was admitted to Kanchanaburi F & H No. 2 Hospital Camp with Dysentery and Beri Beri. He was buried in grave 063 at Kanchanaburi No 4 Burial Grounds.
After the war his body was exhumed and re buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
He was the son of William and Anna King of Toowoomba, Queensland.
On 23 April 1941 at Toowoomba, Queensland, Ted King enlisted in the Army.
Originally assigned to 3 Training Battalion, he transferred to the 2/26 Battalion on its becoming an entity in late November 1941, and became attached to Battalion Headquarters as a member of the Mortars Platoon.
He was slaving on the railway as a member of "F" Force when he was admitted to Kanchanaburi F & H No. 2 Hospital Camp with Dysentery and Beri Beri. He was buried in grave 063 at Kanchanaburi No 4 Burial Grounds.
After the war his body was exhumed and re buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
He was the son of William and Anna King of Toowoomba, Queensland.
Originally assigned to 3 Training Battalion, he transferred to the 2/26 Battalion on its becoming an entity in late November 1941, and became attached to Battalion Headquarters as a member of the Mortars Platoon.
He was slaving on the railway as a member of "F" Force when he was admitted to Kanchanaburi F & H No. 2 Hospital Camp with Dysentery and Beri Beri. He was buried in grave 063 at Kanchanaburi No 4 Burial Grounds.
After the war his body was exhumed and re buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
He was the son of William and Anna King of Toowoomba, Queensland.
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QX16949 Australian Infantry
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Age 38 His duty nobly done. Ever remembered.
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