Soldier profiles
Name : EGAN, ALBERT ROY
Service Number : VX20271
Date of Birth : 09/12/1915
Place of Birth : CARLTON, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : WATERSIDE WORKER
Date of Enlistment : 04/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : CARLTON, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : DUMMETT, MARY ANN
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) : 1ST CORPS PETROL PARK, 2/2 PIONEERS
Theatres of War : NO
Actions : NO
Wounded (date / details) : NO
Discharged : 29/08/1940
Date Died : 14/01/1993
Age at Death : 77
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 6213648 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll
Background : Re-enlisted 07/05/1941 as VX55107 Albert Dummett (in other units).
Service & personal summary Son of Mary Ann Dummett. At enlistment : single. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 8.5 inches, brown eyes, medium complexion, dark hair. Marital status : single. Marks / scars : both knee caps, bunion scars both feet, scar behind neck. 86 days service. Discharge certificate no. 14445.
Service record
04/06/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
06/06/1940 Posted to 1st Corps Petrol Park Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
19/06/1940 Transferred to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
19/06/1940 Transferred from 1st Australian Petrol Park Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
29/08/1940 Struck off strength (discharged).
29/08/1940 Discharged. Being medically unfit for service not occasioned by his own default.
