Soldier profiles
Name : WESTGARTH, ARNOLD THOMAS
Service Number : VX20819
Date of Birth : 22/11/1904
Place of Birth : HAMILTON, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 01/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : WARRNAMBOOL, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : WESTGARTH, GERTRUDE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : SERGEANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : BANDSMAN, REGIMENTAL AID PARTY
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 15/01/1946
Date Died : 21/09/1975
Age at Death : 70
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : WARRNAMBOOL CEMETERY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. REF 7015.
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 : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6667531 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 364kB), Past article (size 110kB), Past article (size 285kB)
Background : Repatriated to Australia on Circassia. Husband of Gertrude Glenndining "Gert" (died 30/11/1985 Warrnambool Cemetery ref 7016).
