Soldier profiles
Name : LAKE, WILLIAM
Service Number : VX132811 (V58838)
Date of Birth : 16/11/1915
Place of Birth : WARRNAMBOOL, VIC
Known as : BILL
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 12/11/1942
Locality on Enlistment : WARRNAMBOOL, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ADELAIDE RIVER, NT
Next of Kin : LAKE, EDNA
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : 13 PLATOON C COMPANY (DAEO, MOROTAI)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : BORNEO
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 18/12/1945
Date Died : 22/04/2001
Age at Death : 85
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : WARRNAMBOOL LAWN CEMETERY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.
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 6082671 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_090594.jpg, Headstone
Background : Husband of Jessie.
