Soldier profiles
Name : VALE, FRANCIS PETER
Service Number : VX30464
Date of Birth : 31/05/1902
Place of Birth : NEWMARKET, VIC
Known as : RAJAH
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 06/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : SOUTH MELBOURNE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : VALE, JAMES
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : COOK B COMPANY (SYRIA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 21/12/1945
Date Died : ??/05/1959
Age at Death : 57?
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : FAWKNER MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. AREA ROMAN CATHOLIC. LOCATION R /C*G***2506.
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) : JAVA
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0088 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6225645 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 1033743 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial
Background : Enlisted with date of birth 31/05/1901. Repatriated to Australia on the M.V. Highland Brigade. Service date 29/05/1959.
