Soldier profiles

Name : JEFFREY, LEONARD
Service Number : VX20741
Date of Birth : 28/08/1904
Place of Birth : MELBOURNE, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : TEXTILE WORKER
Date of Enlistment : 31/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : SOUTH GEELONG, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : JEFFREY, R
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 : 03/01/1946
Date Died : N/A
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) : SYRIA, THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : SYRIA, THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0045 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6214181 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 948kB), Past article (size 598kB)

Background : Brother of R. Jeffrey.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. 6 months infantry previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 3 inches, blue eyes, medium complexion, grey hair. Marital status : single. Marks / scars : scar left forearm. Full time war service : A.I.F. 31/05/1940 to 03/01/1946 which included 2044 days active service (84 days within Australia & 1649 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East and Java areas (embarked from Australia 07/04/1941, disembarked in Australia 11/10/1945). War badge no. 224142. Discharge certificate no. 481295.

Service record
31/05/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
03/06/1940 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
07/12/1940 Admitted Puckapunyal 4 Australian General Hospital, Seymour, Victoria with diarrhea.
11/12/1940 Discharged fit to unit.
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.
17/06/1941 Reported missing in action and transferred to X list.
18/09/1941 Rejoined unit & struck off X list (released prisoner of war).
26/09/1941 Evacuated to 2/5 Field Ambulance Main Dressing Station with dermatitis.
29/09/1941 Discharged 2/5 Field Ambulance Main Dressing Station and returned to unit.
29/09/1941 Rejoined unit from 2/5 Field Ambulance Main Dressing Station.
31/01/1942 Embarked Middle East on S.S. Orcades.
18/02/1942 Disembarked Batavia, Java.
07/03/1942 Reported missing in action, Java.
30/04/1942 Reported missing in action, Java and transferred to X list.
19/08/1942 Reported missing in action believed prisoner of war.
28/07/1943 Reported prisoner of war, Java.
15/08/1945 Granted proficiency pay.
24/09/1945 Embarked Singapore on M.V. Highland Chieftain.
11/10/1945 Disembarked Sydney, New South Wales.
13/10/1945 Marched in General Details Depot Watsonia, Victoria from General Details Depot New South Wales Lines of Communication area.
18/12/1945 Admitted 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria with hookworm.
19/12/1945 Discharged to prisoner of war wing Watsonia, Victoria.
02/01/1946 Marched out to Australian Military Forces Discharge Depot.
02/01/1946 Marched in Australian Military Forces Discharge Depot, Victoria ex Leave and Transit Depot, Victoria.
03/01/1946 Discharged.