Soldier profiles
Name : THOMAS, THOMAS COOPER
Service Number : VX29711
Date of Birth : 05/04/1909
Place of Birth : BLACKWOOD, VIC
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Date of Enlistment : 05/07/1940
Locality on Enlistment : ST KILDA, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : THOMAS, E
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : LANCE CORPORAL
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
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Discharged : 08/03/1946
Date Died : ??/??/1951
Age at Death : 42?
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : FAWKNER MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY, MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.
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-0086 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6206233 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial
Background : Repatriated to Australia on the M.V. Highland Brigade.
