Soldier profiles

Name : LAWRIE, JOHN HENRY
Service Number : NX88505
Date of Birth : 02/09/1904
Place of Birth : MAITLAND, NSW
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : SCHOOL TEACHER
Date of Enlistment : 13/02/1942
Locality on Enlistment : WARATAH, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : LAWRIE, ELSIE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : SERGEANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 9 PIONEER TRAINING BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : NEW GUINEA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 02/12/1944
Date Died : 15/05/1960
Age at Death : 55
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) : 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 4626379 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial

Background : Husband of Elsie Lawrie.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : married. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 10 inches, grey eyes, fair complexion, brown hair. Marks / scars : 1st joint right middle finger. Full time war service : A.I.F. 14/04/1942 to 02/12/1944 which included 1024 days active service (763 days within Australia & 201 days overseas). Operational service : New Guinea area (embarked from Australia 25/07/1943, disembarked in Australia 10/02/1944). War badge no. 55334. Discharge certificate no. 60094.

Service record
13/02/1942 Marched into General Details Depot Sydney, New South Wales.
15/02/1942 Granted leave without pay from 15/02/1942 to 01/03/1942 inclusive.
02/03/1942 Marched out to 9 Pioneer Training Battalion.
03/03/1942 Taken on strength Dubbo, New South Wales.
12/07/1942 Transferred to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Bathurst, New South Wales.
14/07/1942 Taken on strength 2 Military District (New South Wales).
01/09/1942 Graded Group II Intelligence Section.
22/10/1942 Promoted to acting Corporal.
03/02/1943 Entrained for 3 Military District (Victoria).
26/03/1943 Entrained for 1 Military District (Queensland).
24/06/1943 Promoted to acting Sergeant.
01/07/1943 Rank of Corporal confirmed.
01/07/1943 Rank of Sergeant confirmed.
25/07/1943 Embarked Townsville, Queensland on H.M.T. Duntroon.
28/07/1943 Disembarked Port Moresby, New Guinea.
08/02/1944 Embarked Port Moresby, New Guinea on H.M.A.S. Kanimbla.
10/02/1944 Disembarked Townsville, Queensland.
04/04/1944 Evacuated to 113 Australian General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales with ?malaria and transferred to X list.
11/04/1944 Discharged 113 Australian General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales with Plasmodium vivax to General Details Depot, New South Wales for return to unit.
11/04/1944 Taken on strength 2/2 Pioneer Battalion from General Details Depot, New South Wales ex 113 Australian General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales.
12/05/1944 Next of kin change of address.
10/06/1944 Evacuated to 116 Australian General Hospital with Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (P.U.O.) ?malaria and transferred to X list.
24/06/1944 Discharged 116 Australian General Hospital with malaria (benign tertian) to 16 Australian Personnel Staging Camp.
07/08/1944 Next of kin change of address.
17/09/1944 Marched out to Land Headquarters School of Military Intelligence - 25/09/1944 to 05/11/1944 and transferred to X list.
30/09/1944 Transferred to General Details Depot New South Wales Lines of Communication area for discharge.
02/12/1944 Discharged being required for employment in an essential occupation.