Soldier profiles
Name : RAINEY, EDWARD WILLIAM
Service Number : 212637 (NX51327, N213289)
Date of Birth : 21/02/1921
Place of Birth : BRUNSWICK, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : NEWSPAPER VENDOR
Date of Enlistment : 07/11/1941
Locality on Enlistment : EAST SYDNEY, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : RAINEY, GEORGE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 14/01/1946
Date Died : 31/05/2005
Age at Death : 84
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : EASTERN SUBURBS MEMORIAL PARK, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA.
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 5683969 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Headstone
Background : Brother of Francis Gladys Ethel Rainey. Enlisted with C.M.F. as N213289 with 1 Australian Division Postal Unit then with Australian Imperial Forces at Paddington, New South Wales as Private NX51327 with 2/2 Pioneer Battalion (no service record or photo has been found).
Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 7.5 inches, brown eyes, dark complexion, dark hair. Marks / scars : nil. Full time war service : C.M.F. 01/10/1941 to 07/11/1941 which included 38 days active service within Australia. Discharge certificate no. 462856. Reason for discharge : 'Having enlisted in an Expeditionary Force raised for service outside the Commonwealth'.
Service record
01/10/1941 Marched in. Taken on strength Ingleburn, Victoria.
07/11/1941 Marched out to Area 07/11/1941. Joining Australian Imperial Forces.
07/11/1941 Discharged. Having enlisted in an Expeditionary Force raised for service outside the Commonwealth.
Service record
No service record found for Australian Imperial Forces 2/2 Pioneer Battalion or Australian Imperial Forces Discharge Certificate as NX51327. Australian Nominal Roll confirms time with 2/2 Pioneer Battalion 07/11/1941 to 14/01/1946.
