Soldier profiles

Name : ADOLPHSON, ROBERT GEORGE
Service Number : VX63287
Date of Birth : 02/10/1922
Place of Birth : RINGWOOD, VIC
Known as : BOB
Occupation on Enlistment : CARPENTER
Date of Enlistment : 10/09/1941
Locality on Enlistment : RINGWOOD, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : ADOLPHSON, GEORGE
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 : 14/01/1946
Date Died : 30/06/2001
Age at Death : 78
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : MORNINGTON 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-0002 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6109936 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 49kB), Past article (size 579kB), G_ATKINS_7.jpg, G_ATKINS_14.jpg, G_ATKINS_19.jpg, Headstone

Background : Brother of VX63126 Frederick Arthur Adolphson (2/2 Pioneer). Repatriated to Australia on Moreton Bay.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 11 inches, brown eyes, fair complexion, fair hair. Marital status : single. Marks / scars : legs. Full time war service : A.I.F. 10/09/1941 to 14/01/1946 which included 1588 days active service (76 days within Australia & 1459 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East and Java areas (embarked from Australia 02/11/1941, disembarked in Australia 30/10/1945). War badge no. 224499. Discharge certificate no. 482829.

Service record
10/09/1941 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Royal Park, Victoria.
17/09/1941 Transferred to Engineering Training Depot (Pioneer Wing).
18/09/1941 Transferred from Recruit Reception Depot Royal Park, Victoria to Engineering Training Depot (Pioneer Wing) Bonegilla, Victoria.
30/10/1941 Posted to Reinforcements 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
02/11/1941 Embarked Sydney, New South Wales on H.M.S. Queen Mary (H.M.T. L.L.) Convoy 13.
21/11/1941 Marched out from Pioneer Training Battalion to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
21/11/1941 Taken on strength from Pioneer Training Battalion.
31/01/1942 Embarked Middle East on S.S. Orcades.
18/02/1942 Disembarked Batavia, Java.
07/03/1942 Reported missing in action, Java.
30/04/1942 Reported missing in action, Java and transferred to X list.
14/07/1942 Reported missing in action believed prisoner of war.
04/11/1943 Reported prisoner of war.
22/12/1943 Reported interned Thailand camp.
15/08/1945 Granted proficiency pay.
05/09/1945 Now reported recovered from enemy. Place not stated.
15/10/1945 Embarked Singapore on Moreton Bay.
30/10/1945 Disembarked Melbourne, Victoria.
30/10/1945 Marched into General Details Depot, Victoria ex Moreton Bay.
17/12/1945 Admitted 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria with hookworm.
18/12/1945 Discharged to Prisoner Of War Wing Watsonia, Victoria.
11/01/1946 Marched out from General Details Depot to Australian Military Forces Discharge Depot.
11/01/1946 Marched into Australian Military Forces Discharge Depot ex Leave and Transit Depot, Victoria.
14/01/1946 Discharged.