Soldier profiles
Name : HALDANE, STUART EDWIN
Service Number : VX21012
Date of Birth : 25/04/1921
Place of Birth : NORTH FITZROY, VIC
Known as : SNOW
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 03/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : NORTH FITZROY, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : HALDANE, KATHERINE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : 12 PLATOON D COMPANY (SYRIA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 12/12/1945
Date Died : 07/06/1998
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) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : MOULMEIN (BURMA)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0036 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6215960 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 1033152 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 579kB)
Background : Repatriated to Australia on Moreton Bay. Died in Australia. Letter from Harold Murray Hamilton to Basil Pugh. He mentions Stuart ?Snow? Haldane, who was a great friend of Basil?s. Basil and Snow remained in contact until Snow?s death in 1998.
