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Soldier profiles
Name : KIRBY, JOHN JOSEPH
Service Number : 3155651 (VX36117)
Date of Birth : 08/04/1919
Place of Birth : FINLEY, NSW
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 08/07/1940
Locality on Enlistment : EAST MELBOURNE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : KIRBY, NELLIE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : CORPORAL
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 : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 17/01/1946
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
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) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : YES
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0049 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (NO ENTRY FOUND), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial
Background : NO
