Soldier profiles
Name : HULSE, THOMAS
Service Number : QX4249
Date of Birth : 15/06/1911
Place of Birth : WARRINGTON, ENGLAND
Known as : TOM
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 21/10/1939
Locality on Enlistment : BRISBANE, QLD
Place of Enlistment : BRISBANE, QLD
Next of Kin : HULSE, MARIE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : LIEUTENANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : SERGEANT MAJOR A COMPANY (SYRIA), 7 PLATOON A COMPANY (NEW GUINEA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, NEW GUINEA
Actions : FORT MERDJAYOUN (SYRIA), NADZAB (NEW GUINEA), EDWARD'S PLANTATION (TARI, NEW GUINEA), HEATH'S PLANTATION (NEW GUINEA), LAE (NEW GUINEA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 29/10/1945
Date Died : 09/03/1974
Age at Death : 62
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) : SYRIA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : SYRIA, TOULON (FRANCE)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : TOULON (FRANCE)
Honours and Gallantry : Military Cross (2/2 Pioneer Battalion) for conspicuous courage & initiative at Lae on 13/09/1943 presented by registered post on 27/04/1946. London Gazette 20/01/1944, page 391, position 15. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 02/12/1943, page 2611, position 32
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial Awards Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 4248601 [DIGITISED], Barcode 30973488 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 205271735 [OPEN], Barcode 205271736 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 823kB), Past article (size 626kB), Past article (size 761kB)
Background : Captured at Fort Merdjayoun, Syria, removed to Toulon, France and subsequently repatriated.
