Soldier profiles
Name : UPTON, HAROLD PERCY
Service Number : VX45187
Date of Birth : 22/05/1901
Place of Birth : PORTLAND, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 17/07/1940
Locality on Enlistment : MOONEE PONDS, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : UPTON, PHYLLIS
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
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 : 14/02/1946
Date Died : 20/05/1962
Age at Death : 60
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-0088 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6118275 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 579kB), N.S.W. 2/1 and 2/2 Pioneer News 01/11/1962 p2
Background : Repatriated to Australia on Moreton Bay. Died at Heidelberg Hospital.
