Soldier profiles

Name : AKERS, DESMOND NAYLOR
Service Number : VX146340
Date of Birth : 18/07/1925
Place of Birth : PRAHRAN, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : MESSENGER, STOREMAN, SOLDIER
Date of Enlistment : 25/11/1943
Locality on Enlistment : MALVERN, VIC
Place of Enlistment : DUBBO, NSW
Next of Kin : AKERS, ALLEAN
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 : BORNEO
Actions : TARAKAN (BORNEO), BALIKPAPAN (BORNEO), RABAUL
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 06/11/1946
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) : 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 6627307 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial

Background : Son of Allean Akers (mother).

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. Previous military experience as V513233 Private in 28 Australian Infantry Training Battalion. At discharge : height 5 feet 7 inches, hazel eyes, dark complexion, dark hair. Marital status : single. Marks / scars : scar right shin and groin. Full time war service : C.M.F. 10/08/1943 to 24/11/1943 & A.I.F. 25/11/1943 to 06/11/1946 which included 1185 days active service (738 days within Australia & 447 days overseas). Operational service : Borneo area (embarked from Australia 16/03/1945, disembarked in Australia 05/06/1946). War badge no. 343167. Discharge certificate no. 558179.

Service record
10/08/1943 Taken on attached strength from area Recruit Reception Depot Royal Park, Victoria.
12/08/1943 Marched in full time duty Royal Park, Victoria.
16/08/1943 Marched out to 28 Australian Infantry Training Battalion, New South Wales.
17/08/1943 Marched in ex Recruit Reception Depot Victoria Lines of Communication area to 28 Australian Infantry Training Battalion New South Wales Lines of Communication area.
25/11/1943 Transferred to Australian Imperial Forces and allotted army number VX146340.
04/02/1944 Marched out to 2 Australian Signals Training Unit Victoria Lines of Communication area.
05/02/1944 Marched in from 28 Australian Infantry Training Battalion Bonegilla, Victoria.
24/04/1944 Marched out to 28 Australian Infantry Training Battalion.
26/04/1944 Marched in ex 2 Australian Regiment Signals Training Unit.
12/02/1944 Attended 2 Australian Regiment Signals Training Unit training course 12/02/1944 to 22/04/1944. Qualified.
08/09/1944 Marched out to Australian Training Centre (Jungle Warfare) Queensland Lines of Communication area.
11/09/1944 Marched into Australian Army Training Battalion (Jungle Warfare) Canungra, Queensland ex 28 Australian Infantry Training Battalion.
31/10/1944 Marched out to 5 Australian Advance Reinforcement Depot.
04/11/1944 Marched into 5 Australian Advance Reinforcement Depot from 1 Australian Personnel Staging Camp Sellheim, Queensland.
24/11/1944 Marched out to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
25/11/1944 Granted proficiency pay.
25/01/1945 Taken on strength 2/2 Pioneer Battalion from 5 Australian Advance Reinforcement Depot.
16/03/1945 Embarked Cairns, Queensland on U.S.A.T. Sea Barb.
28/03/1945 Disembarked Morotai.
07/04/1945 Forfeited proficiency pay.
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 per L.S.T.
07/10/1945 Granted proficiency pay.
10/10/1945 Transferred from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion to 2/33 Infantry Battalion.
10/10/1945 Taken on strength from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
02/11/1945 Evacuated to 2/12 Australian General Hospital Balikpapan, Borneo with Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (P.U.O.) and transferred to X list.
07/11/1945 Evacuated from 2/12 Australian General Hospital Balikpapan, Borneo to 2/2 Casualty Clearing Station to unit.
16/11/1945 Discharged from 2/2 Casualty Clearing Station to 7 Division Rest Camp.
12/01/1946 Transferred from 2/33 Infantry Battalion to New Guinea Details Depot (reposting).
12/01/1946 Embarked Balikpapan, Borneo on S.S. Taos Victory.
23/01/1946 Disembarked Rabaul, New Guinea.
29/01/1946 Marched out from New Guinea Details Depot to 29/46 Infantry Battalion.
29/01/1946 Marched in from New Guinea Details Depot Rabaul, New Guinea.
30/05/1946 Transferred to Recruit Reception and General Details Depot Sydney, New South Wales east bound for re-allotment.
30/05/1946 Embarked Rabaul, New Guinea on hospital ship H.M.A.S. Manunda.
05/06/1946 Disembarked Sydney, New South Wales.
06/06/1946 Marched in ex unit for re-allotment, Victoria.
10/07/1946 Marched out to 8 Static Laundry, Victoria.
10/07/1946 Transferred in from General Details Depot 3 Military District (Victoria).
01/10/1946 Evacuated to 20 Convalescent Hospital, Victoria.
01/10/1946 Admitted 20 Convalescent Hospital with malaria.
25/10/1946 Discharged to unit with malaria (benign tertian).
25/10/1946 Rejoined 8 Static Laundry.
31/10/1946 Transferred out to Recruit Reception and General Details Depot for demobbing.
06/11/1946 Discharged.