Soldier profiles
Name : COMPTON, SAMUEL ATCHISON WILLIAM
Service Number : VX54486
Date of Birth : 02/05/1903
Place of Birth : PORTLAND, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 29/04/1941
Locality on Enlistment : GORAE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : COMPTON, MARJORY
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 : 07/02/1946
Date Died : 06/08/1973
Age at Death : 70
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : PORTLAND PUBLIC 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) : THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0018 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6117667 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Headstone, Past article (size 579kB), Past article (size 888kB), Past article (size 62kB)
Background : Husband of Marjorie. Father of Syd & Jean. Repatriated to Australia on Moreton Bay.
