Soldier profiles
Name : FARRELL, JOSEPH TERENCE
Service Number : VX20735
Date of Birth : 18/09/1900
Place of Birth : WEST MELBOURNE, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : CARRIAGE CLEANER
Date of Enlistment : 03/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : PASCOE VALE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : GOSUCH, ESTHER
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : HEADQUARTERS GUARD BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 15/09/1941
Date Died : 03/09/1974
Age at Death : 73
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 6214185 [DIGITISED], Barcode 3548934 [DIGITISED], Barcode 20573934 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll
Background : Sister of Esther Gosuch. Served in World War 1 service number 4700 in 22 Battalion.
Service & personal summary At enlistment : widower. Previous military experience (World War 1). At discharge : height 5 feet 4 inches, blue eyes, fair complexion, brown hair. Marital status : widower.
Service record
03/06/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
05/06/1940 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
07/04/1941 Embarked Sydney, New South Wales on H.M.S. Queen Mary (H.M.T. N.N.).
03/05/1941 Disembarked Middle East.
07/06/1941 Transferred from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion to Headquarters Guard Battalion.
07/06/1941 Taken on strength from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
26/07/1941 Embarked Middle East for return to Australia.
15/08/1941 Disembarked Sydney, New South Wales.
17/08/1941 Entrained for Southern Command to R. & T. Camp.
22/08/1941 Taken on strength from Headquarters Guard Battalion Sydney, New South Wales.
15/09/1941 Discharged Caulfield, Victoria.
