Soldier profiles

Name : GRAHAM, ALEXANDER MORTON
Service Number : VX38780
Date of Birth : 17/07/1905
Place of Birth : SPRINGFIELD, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : WATERSIDE WORKER, MOTOR DRIVER
Date of Enlistment : 10/09/1940
Locality on Enlistment : MOONEE PONDS, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : GRAHAM, IRENE NORMA
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 :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 05/11/1944
Date Died : 06/09/1975
Age at Death : 70
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) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6138356 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Past article (size 150kB)

Background : Died in MacLeod Rest Home, Victoria.

Service & personal summary Husband of Irene Norma Graham. At enlistment : married. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 6 feet 1 inch, hazel eyes, dark complexion, dark hair. Marital status : married. Marks / scars : scar centre of forehead and left side of mouth, birthmark right side of chest. Full time war service : A.I.F. which included 1518 days active service (898 days within Australia & 411 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East area (embarked from Australia 07/04/1941, disembarked in Australia 23/05/1942). War badge no. 61285. Discharge certificate no. 91250 (medically unfit).

Service record
10/09/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Royal Park, Victoria.
12/09/1940 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria from 2 Recruit Reception Depot Royal Park, Victoria.
17/03/1941 Detached to Australian Army Medical Corps details Balcombe, Mt. Martha, Victoria (Chiropody course) until 21/03/1941.
07/04/1941 Embarked Sydney, New South Wales on H.M.S. Queen Mary (H.M.T. N.N.).
03/05/1941 Disembarked Middle East.
17/06/1941 Wounded in action Fort Merdjayoun.
18/06/1941 Evacuated to 1 Australian General Hospital with blast concussion and transferred to X list.
01/07/1941 Evacuated from 1 Australian General Hospital to 1 Australian Convalescent Depot with anxiety state.
12/08/1941 Evacuated from 1 Australian Convalescent Depot to 1 Australian General Hospital with knee injury.
03/10/1941 Discharged from 1 Australian General Hospital and transferred to Pioneer Training Battalion.
03/10/1941 Marched in ex 1 Australian General Hospital.
16/12/1941 Evacuated to 6 Australian General Hospital with Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (P.U.O.).
07/01/1942 Discharged 6 Australian General Hospital and marched into camp (Pioneer Training Battalion).
02/02/1942 Promoted to acting Sergeant.
23/05/1942 Rank of Sergeant confirmed.
13/03/1942 Embarked Middle East on R.M.S. Laconia.
25/03/1942 Trans-shipped Bombay, India on H.M.A.S. Katoomba.
30/03/1942 Trans-shipped Bombay, India on U.S.A.T. Holbrook.
23/05/1942 Disembarked 4 Military District (South Australia).
13/07/1942 Taken on strength 2/2 Pioneer Battalion 2 Military District (New South Wales).
24/07/1942 Transferred to Australian Army Medical Corps Training Depot Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.
24/07/1942 Attached for duty Headquarters Lines of Communication area.
13/07/1942 Transferred to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Wagga Wagga, New South Wales from Pioneer Training Battalion.
29/01/1943 Entrained for 5 Military District (Western Australia).
10/02/1943 Change of address - Next of kin.
26/03/1943 Entrained for 1 Military District (Queensland) from 5 Military District (Western Australia).
10/04/1943 Medical classification assessed as 'B' by medical board.
10/05/1943 Transferred to General Details Depot Redbank, Queensland for reallotment
14/05/1943 Marched in General Details Depot Redbank, Queensland ex 7 Division Recovery Camp for reallocation.
20/05/1943 Marched out to 1 Australian Speciality Training Centre.
20/05/1943 Marched in 1 Australian Speciality Training Centre Warwick, Queensland from General Details Depot Queensland Lines of Communication area.
07/07/1943 Marched out to General Details Depot Queensland Lines of Communication area for disposal.
12/07/1943 Marched out to 1 Australian Army W.T. School Redbank, Queensland.
20/07/1943 Marched in ex 1 Australian Army W.T. School for disposal.
21/07/1943 Marched out to Records Office Queensland Lines of Communication area.
21/07/1943 Marched in taken on strength from General Details Depot Redbank, Queensland ex 1 Australian Ser? Training Battalion.
08/08/1943 Evacuated to 8 Camp Hospital Warwick, Queensland with pleurisy and transferred to X list.
23/08/1943 Discharged 8 Camp Hospital Warwick, Queensland to unit and taken on strength.
22/11/1943 Transferred to General Details Depot Queensland Lines of Communication area Warwick, Queensland.
26/11/1943 Marched out to 1 Australian Personnel Staging Camp for O/M to 4 Australian Reinforcement Training Battalion.
18/08/1944 Evacuated to 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria from leave with dyspepsia and transferred to X list.
06/09/1944 Medical classification assessed as 'D' unfit for military service (Duodenal ulcer).
29/09/1944 Discharged from 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria to General Details Depot Victoria Lines of Communication area (Duodenal ulcer).
29/09/1944 Marched in for discharge ex 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria.
05/11/1944 Discharged.