William FREEMAN
Service
number: Q120090. Age:
50 years 7 months. Enlisted: 1 Jul 1941.
Occupation: Caretaker. Next of kin: (wife) Mrs Jessie Freeman.
Address
on enlistment: Bribie Island.
Jul
1942: Woodford, Queensland. An Australian Army Motor Transport
Company on the road between Woodford and Caboolture.[1]
Service
Summary:
20 Dec 1941: 15 Garrison Battalion, served
at Gaythorne, Townsville and in the field.
“Raised in 1940 in Queensland, the 15
Garrison Battalion was responsible for Internal Security duties. The unit was
disbanded in 1944.”[2]
25 Dec 1943: Discharged.
Life
Summary:
William Freeman was the eldest son of
Edward Henry Freeman Snr (1863-1940) and Janet McAllister McGill (1864-1935)
and was born 16 Oct 1890 at Toorbul. Bill served in the First World War [2809]
– see that entry in previous section.
During 1943, William Freeman’s daughter
Janet Freeman married Major Bruce Mackenzie who was stationed at the Amphibious
Training Centre at Toorbul Point.
William Freeman, aged 96, died 18 Oct 1986
and was buried at Redland Bay Cemetery.[3]
[1] Australian War Memorial Photo Collection 026383
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C10029?image=1
[2]
Virtual War Memorial Australia 15th Garrison Battalion (QLD) https://vwma.org.au/explore/units/668
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