Soldier profiles
Name : FARAM, FRANCIS GEORGE
Service Number : VX72603
Date of Birth : 27/08/1914
Place of Birth : OMEO, VIC
Known as : FRANK
Occupation on Enlistment : BUS DRIVER, POSTMAN
Date of Enlistment : 19/01/1942
Locality on Enlistment : WONGA PARK, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : FARAM, ENID
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : SERGEANT
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 : NEW GUINEA
Actions : NADZAB (NEW GUINEA), LAE (NEW GUINEA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 07/09/1945
Date Died : 18/01/1984
Age at Death : 69
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : SPRINGVALE NECROPOLIS, MELBOURNE, 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) : 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 6073744 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Submitted story
Background : Christened 28/10/1914 in Omeo, Victoria. Died in Merimbula, New South Wales. Buried 23/01/1984.
