Soldier profiles
Name : HOUSTON, REGINALD GILBERT
Service Number : 3404 (VP4285, VX15543)
Date of Birth : 11/05/1906
Place of Birth : QUORN, SA
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 11/04/1939
Locality on Enlistment : MELBOURNE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : MELBOURNE, VIC
Next of Kin : HOUSTON, MARTHA
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : MAJOR
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : O.I.C. 10 PLATOON (SYRIA), 2.I.C. D COMPANY (SYRIA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions : BALATE RIDGE (SYRIA), TJILILITAN (JAVA), TJAMPEA (JAVA), LLEWILIANG (JAVA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 11/05/1956
Date Died : 18/08/1966
Age at Death : 60
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) : BICYCLE (JAVA), CHANGI (SINGAPORE), THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0042 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 478920 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 579kB)
Background : Repatriated to Australia on Moreton Bay.
