Soldier profiles
Name : WAUGH, JOHN THOMAS
Service Number : VX59489
Date of Birth : 01/11/1921
Place of Birth : GEELONG, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 14/07/1941
Locality on Enlistment : HERNE HILL, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : WAUGH, R
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 : 09/01/1946
Date Died : 24/03/2013
Age at Death : 91
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : GEELONG EASTERN CEMETERY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. EAS-ADM-996-01
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, NIIHAMA (JAPAN)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : JAPAN
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0091 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6119248 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 888kB), Past article (size 1568kB)
Background : Arrived in Japan September 1944 aboard Bioki Maru. Recovered from Niihama Camp in Japan 12/09/1945. Funeral service at Tuckers Funeral Chapel 28/03/2013.
