Soldier profiles
Name : CLEMENT, THOMAS JOHN L.
Service Number : VX19140
Date of Birth : 12/05/1920
Place of Birth : DORRIGO, NSW
Known as : JOHN
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 29/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : MURRUMBEENA, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : LANE, CLARA
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 : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 19/12/1945
Date Died : ??/12/2008
Age at Death : 88
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) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : INDO/CHINA
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0016 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6215351 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 598kB), 2/2 Pioneers Newsletter 12/2003 p3
Background : Repatriated to Australia on M.V. Highland Chieftain. Died in December 2008.
