Soldier profiles
Name : ROBERTSON, JOHN HILTON
Service Number : VX26519
Date of Birth : 18/10/1907
Place of Birth : BACCHUS MARSH, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 13/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : CLONBINANE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : ROBERTSON, CISSIE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : SERGEANT
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 : 24/01/1946
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) : THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0074 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6132763 [OPEN], Barcode 1037663 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 368kB)
Background : Repatriated to Australia on S.S. Tamaroa.
