Soldier profiles
Name : WILLOUGHBY, MERTON CHARLES
Service Number : VX54056
Date of Birth : 14/04/1904
Place of Birth : COROP, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 24/04/1941
Locality on Enlistment : COLBINABBIN EAST, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : DARRIGON, J
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 : 01/03/1946
Date Died : 25/08/1949
Age at Death : 45
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : RUNNYMEDE CEMETERY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.
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) : MOULMEIN (BURMA)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0094 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6122831 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 1033779 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 368kB), Headstone [photo courtesy of C. Judkins]
Background : Repatriated to Australia on S.S. Tamaroa.
