Soldier profiles
Name : SMITH, GEOFFREY JOSEPH
Service Number : 3135376 (VX64638)
Date of Birth : 23/04/1924
Place of Birth : MILDURA, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 22/10/1941
Locality on Enlistment : SOUTH YARRA, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : SMITH, ALBERT
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : DRIVER
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) : 22/27 INDEPENDENT WORKSHOP
Theatres of War : JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 14/01/1946
Date Died : 09/10/1959
Age at Death : 35
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : OLD PRESTON 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) : JAVA
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : YES
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0080 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6358188 [OPEN], Barcode 1033694 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 888kB), Past article (size 291kB)
Background : Enlisted at 17 years of age by stating date of birth was 23/04/1922. Posted to 22/27 Independent Workshop. February 1942 Embarked Australia on Marella. Disembarked Java. Transferred to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion in Java. Captured Java. October 1945 Repatriated to Australia on H.M.A.S. Manunda. Took own life.
