Soldier profiles
Name : CREAM, GORDON THOMAS JAMES
Service Number : WX15369
Date of Birth : 27/03/1920
Place of Birth : GERALDTON, WA
Known as : TOM
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 23/07/1941
Locality on Enlistment : NABAWA, WA
Place of Enlistment : CLAREMONT, WA
Next of Kin : CREAM, JOHN
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 : 20/12/1945
Date Died : 04/11/2003
Age at Death : 83
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
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-0020 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6467635 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, N_MACPHERSON_2.jpg (RECENT photo), N_MACPHERSON_3.jpg, G_ATKINS_7.jpg, G_ATKINS_10.jpg, G_ATKINS_25.jpg
Background : RECENT photo taken 18/06/1993 provided courtesy of Neil MacPherson OAM (2/2 Pioneer).
