Soldier profiles
Name : OATS, CLARENCE KEVIN
Service Number : VX51496
Date of Birth : 23/10/1920
Place of Birth : WANGARATTA, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : LABOURER
Date of Enlistment : 14/03/1941
Locality on Enlistment : WANGARATTA, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : OATS, ELIZA
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 28 WORKS COMPANY
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 17/06/1945
Date Died : N/A
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 6120747 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll
Background : Joined 2/2 Pioneers 25/11/1941, was hospitalised Jan-Feb 1942 thereby missing the Orcades, and soon went to other units.
