Soldier profiles
Name : HOYLE, PERCIVAL ARTHUR
Service Number : VX17606
Date of Birth : 16/08/1900
Place of Birth : STAFFORDSHIRE REEF, VIC
Known as : PERCY
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 27/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : MERBEIN, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : HOYLE, MAUD
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : STAFF SERGEANT
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 : 04/02/1946
Date Died : 08/04/1984
Age at Death : 83
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : MERBEIN CEMETERY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. LAWN SECTION. 67.
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-0043 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6212432 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 948kB), Past article (size 579kB), Headstone, Headstone
Background : Husband of Maud. Repatriated to Australia on Moreton Bay. Buried 10/04/1984.
