Soldier profiles

Name : ACHURCH, KEVIN ROY
Service Number : NX87611
Date of Birth : 25/10/1922
Place of Birth : MARLEE, NSW
Known as : TOBY
Occupation on Enlistment : BUTCHER ASSISTANT
Date of Enlistment : 05/02/1942
Locality on Enlistment : GLEN INNES, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : ACHURCH, DAVID
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 : NEW GUINEA, BORNEO
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 27/08/1946
Date Died : 20/07/1987
Age at Death : 64
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) : 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 4608435 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, N.S.W. 2/1 and 2/2 Pioneer News 09/1987 p4

Background : Son of David Clarence Achurch and Mrs. G. R. Achurch.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 6 inches, blue eyes, fair complexion, fair hair. Marital status : single. Marks / scars : birthmark left cheek. Full time war service : A.I.F. 05/02/1942 to 27/08/1946 which included 1665 days active service (1031 days within Australia & 566 days overseas). Operational service : New Guinea area (embarked from Australia 25/07/1943, disembarked in Australia 10/02/1944), Borneo area (embarked from Australia 16/03/1945, disembarked in Australia 14/03/1946). War badge no. A354152. Discharge certificate no. 467659.

Service record
05/02/1942 Marched into General Details Depot Sydney, New South Wales.
05/02/1942 Taken on strength 9 Pioneer Training Battalion Dubbo, New South Wales.
07/02/1942 Marched out from General Details Depot to 9 Pioneer Training Battalion Sydney, New South Wales.
12/07/1942 Transferred from 9 Pioneer Training Battalion to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Bathurst, New South Wales.
14/07/1942 Taken on strength 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
29/01/1943 Entrained 5 Military District (Western Australia) for 3 Military District (Victoria).
26/03/1943 Entrained 3 Military District (Victoria) to 1 Military District (Queensland).
01/07/1943 Granted proficiency pay.
25/07/1943 Embarked Townsville, Queensland on H.M.T. Duntroon.
28/07/1943 Disembarked Port Moresby, New Guinea.
20/09/1943 Forfeited proficiency pay.
08/02/1944 Embarked Port Moresby, New Guinea on H.M.A.S. Kanimbla.
10/02/1944 Disembarked Townsville, Queensland.
20/03/1944 Granted proficiency pay.
13/07/1944 Next of kin change of address.
16/03/1945 Embarked Cairns, Queensland on U.S.A.T. Sea Barb.
28/03/1945 Disembarked Morotai.
22/04/1945 Embarked Morotai for service in Tarakan.
18/05/1945 Embarked Tarakan for return to Morotai.
22/06/1945 Embarked Morotai for service in Balikpapan, Borneo on U.S.S. LST-1016.
01/12/1945 Transferred out to "A" Detachment 10 Ordnance Vehicle Park Borneo.
01/12/1945 Transferred in from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Borneo.
24/12/1945 Transferred out to 2/125 Brigade Ordnance Field Park Borneo.
24/12/1945 Transferred in from 10 Ordnance Vehicle Park Borneo.
23/02/1946 Transferred out to 176 F.O.D. Makassar, Indonesia.
23/02/1946 Transferred in from 2/125 Brigade Ordnance Field Park Makassar, Indonesia.
24/02/1946 Transferred out to Leave and Transit Depot New South Wales Lines of Communication area for reposting.
24/02/1946 Embarked Makassar, Indonesia on S.S. Georgetown Victory.
14/03/1946 Disembarked Sydney, New South Wales.
19/04/1946 Marched out from Recruit Reception and General Details Depot Eastern Command to Hay Prisoner Of War Camp.
19/04/1946 Marched into Hay Prisoner Of War Camp Reinforcements ex Eastern Command.
02/08/1946 Forfeited proficiency pay.
19/08/1946 Transferred out to Recruit Reception and General Details Depot Eastern Command holding strength for discharge.
27/08/1946 Discharged.