Soldier profiles
Name : SUMMONS, WALTER IRVINE
Service Number : VX14642
Date of Birth : 06/04/1920
Place of Birth : MELBOURNE, VIC
Known as : WALLY
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 09/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : CAMBERWELL, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : SUMMONS, W
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : LIEUTENANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : O.I.C. 1 PLATOON A COMPANY (SYRIA), O.I.C. 1 PLATOON A COMPANY (JAVA), INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (JAVA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions : EL MALAKIYA (SYRIA), FORT MERDJAYOUN (SYRIA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 17/01/1947
Date Died : 27/12/1990
Age at Death : 70
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, JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : SYRIA, TOULON (FRANCE), THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : TOULON (FRANCE), THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0084 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6228227 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 459611 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 368kB), Past article (size 435kB), Past article (size 504kB)
Background : Captured at Fort Merdjayoun, Syria, removed to Toulon, France and subsequently repatriated. Diary written in Prisoner of War Camp at Toulon, Fort St Catherine, by VX14642 Lieutenant W Summons. Repatriated to Australia on S.S. Tamaroa. Author of Twice Their Prisoner (see Resources webpage).
