Soldier profiles
Name : TILNEY, WILLIAM WALTER
Service Number : 189 (QP2380, QX4548)
Date of Birth : 22/08/1911
Place of Birth : BRISBANE, QLD
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 26/01/1939
Locality on Enlistment : COWAN COWAN, QLD
Place of Enlistment : BRISBANE, QLD
Next of Kin : TILNEY, MARCIA
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : CAPTAIN
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : HEADQUARTERS NORTHERN COMMAND
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : 7 PLATOON C COMPANY (SYRIA), 8 PLATOON C COMPANY
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions : FORT MERDJAYOUN (SYRIA), TJILILITAN (JAVA), TJAMPEA (JAVA), LLEWILIANG (JAVA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 22/08/1966
Date Died : ??/05/1984
Age at Death : 72
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) : 55 KILO (BURMA), THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : Member of the Order of the British Empire for meritorious service & devotion in Syria & Java presented at Parliament House, Brisbane, Queensland on 15/06/1949. London Gazette 06/03/1947, page 1088, position 5. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 06/03/1947, page 747, position 45
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0087 Missing & POW Circular, Australian War Memorial Awards Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 479021 [OPEN], Barcode 1031310 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial
Background : Sent to 55 Kilo Camp to help with administration and work of hospital. Died in May, 1984.
