Soldier profiles

Name : NASH, EDWARD MILLEN
Service Number : VX48577
Date of Birth : 19/05/1904
Place of Birth : ORMOND, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : MINER
Date of Enlistment : 12/08/1940
Locality on Enlistment : KORUMBURRA, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : NASH, E
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : SAPPER
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 27/12/1944
Date Died : 24/12/1995
Age at Death : 91
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 6130260 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll

Background :

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. No previous military experience. Brown eyes, black hair. Marks / scars : appendical scar. At discharge : height 5 feet 7 inches, brown eyes, dark complexion, black hair. Marital status : married. Marks / scars : appendical scar . Full time war service : A.I.F. 12/08/1940 to 27/12/1944 which included 1460 days active service (529 days within Australia & 693 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East area (embarked from Australia 07/04/1941, disembarked in Australia 28/02/1943). War badge no. 64640. Discharge certificate no. 151863.

Service record
12/08/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
20/09/1940 Transferred to 2/2 Pioneer Training Battalion Hamilton, Victoria from Recruit Reception Depot.
10/01/1941 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Hamilton, Victoria.
10/01/1941 Marched out on pre embarkation leave.
21/01/1941 Posted from Pioneer Training Battalion to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
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.
26/06/1941 Injured in action - crushed toe.
08/07/1941 1 Australian General Hospital with Not Yet Determined (N.Y.D.) right great toe and transferred to X list.
11/07/1941 Evacuated from 1 Australian General Hospital to 1 Australian Convalescent Depot.
11/08/1941 Discharged from 1 Australian Convalescent Depot and transferred to Pioneer Training Battalion.
11/08/1941 Marched in.
11/09/1941 Marched out to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
12/09/1941 Taken on strength from Pioneer Training Battalion.
10/11/1941 Evacuated to 2/1 Australian Field Ambulance Main Dressing Station with clinical dysentery and transferred to X list.
14/11/1941 Discharged 2/1 Australian Field Ambulance Main Dressing Station and returned to unit.
14/11/1941 Rejoined unit from 2/1 Australian Field Ambulance Main Dressing Station and struck off X list.
20/11/1941 Transferred to 2 Australian Railway Construction Company.
20/11/1941 Taken on strength from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
07/05/1942 Graded Group II Driver.
28/01/1943 Embarked Middle East on H.M.T. V.V.
28/02/1943 Disembarked Sydney, New South Wales.
24/05/1943 Relinquished Trade Group III XXXX Plant.
25/05/1943 Appointed Trade Group II Miner.
10/07/1943 Marched out detachment School of Military Engineering (S.M.E.) Field.
04/08/1943 Attended School of Military Engineering Field No.97 11/07/1943 to 04/08/1943 Qualified.
09/08/1943 Marched in ex School of Military Engineering (S.M.E.) Field.
07/09/1943 Relinquished Speciality Group II Miner.
07/09/1943 Appointed Specialty Group I Excavator Operator.
09/09/1943 Appointed Trade Group I Operator Excavator confirmed.
11/09/1943 Change of address next of kin now 1 Moore Street, Hamilton.
08/10/1943 Entrained New South Wales Lines of Communication area.
16/10/1943 Detrained Northern Territory Lines of Communication area from New South Wales Lines of Communication area.
06/01/1944 Evacuated to 101 Australian General Hospital with subacute abscess abdominal wall and transferred to X list.
01/02/1944 Discharged from 101 Australian General Hospital with sebaceous cyst abdominal wall and returned to unit.
01/02/1944 Rejoined unit from 101 Australian General Hospital and struck off X list.
11/03/1944 Next of kin change of address.
16/07/1944 Granted 6 months leave without pay. Marched out to Northern Territory Reception Camp for ?movement to Leave and Transit Depot, Victoria and transferred to X list.
26/07/1944 Marched into General Details Depot from 2/2 Australian Railway Construction Company for leave without pay.
10/08/1944 Marched out to General Details Depot Royal Park, Victoria for leave without pay from 0800 10/08/1944 to 0800 10/02/1945.
26/12/1944 Marched in ex leave without pay to General Details Depot, Victoria.
26/12/1945 Transferred to General Details Depot, Victoria for discharge.
27/12/1944 Discharged.