Soldier profiles
Name : FIRTH, JOHN FRANCIS
Service Number : QX15230
Date of Birth : 01/02/1920
Place of Birth : CHARTERS TOWERS, QLD
Known as : FRANK
Occupation on Enlistment : SAWMILL HAND
Date of Enlistment : 01/08/1940
Locality on Enlistment : CAIRNS, QLD
Place of Enlistment : CAIRNS, QLD
Next of Kin : FIRTH, JOHN
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 : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 19/02/1946
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) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0028 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 4493927 [DIGITISED], Barcode 1030833 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 159kB), Past article (size 167kB)
Background : Son of John Leslie Firth. Repatriated to Australia on Circassia.
