Soldier profiles

Name : ALLEN, RAYMOND WINNETT
Service Number : QX2176
Date of Birth : 10/07/1909
Place of Birth : LAUNCESTON, TAS
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : SALESMAN
Date of Enlistment : 20/11/1939
Locality on Enlistment : AYR, QLD
Place of Enlistment : TOWNSVILLE, QLD
Next of Kin : ALLEN, VENA
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : LIEUTENANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : A COMPANY
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) : 18/09/1941 PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT (2/2 PIONEERS)
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions : FORT MERDJAYOUN (SYRIA), MAZRAAT ED DAHR (SYRIA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 30/01/1946
Date Died : 29/10/1949
Age at Death : 40
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : ST. ANDREWS CHURCH OF ENGLAND CEMETERY, WESTBURY, TASMANIA, 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) : BICYCLE (JAVA)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0003 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 4251892 [DIGITISED], Barcode 478829 [OPEN], Barcode 31633399 [OPEN], Barcode 30972019 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 99kB), Death notice (Examiner, Launceston 31/10/1949), Funeral notice (Examiner, Launceston 31/10/1949)

Background : Husband of Vera Mary Allen.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : married. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 6 feet 1 inch, blue eyes, ruddy complexion, brown hair. Marital status : married. Dependent children : 1 under 16 years old & 1 16 years & older. Marks / scars : scar left ankle, scar right forearm, scar forehead, appendix scar. Full time war service : A.I.F. 20/11/1939 to 30/01/1946 which included 2264 days active service (113 days within Australia & 1647 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East & Java areas (embarked from Australia 07/04/1941, disembarked in Australia 10/10/1945). War badge no. A175756. Discharge certificate no. 21225.

Service record
20/11/1939 Graded Group III for pay - Driver 1st Class.
23/11/1939 Marched in.
18/12/1939 Marched out to Southern Command 3 Military District (Victoria).
20/12/1939 Taken on strength from A.A.O.C. N.C. Melbourne, Victoria.
20/02/1940 Evacuated to Queens Memorial Infectious Diseases Fairfield Hospital, Victoria with Rubella.
27/02/1940 Returned from Fairfield, Victoria.
03/05/1940 Transferred from 2/1 A.F.W. to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
07/05/1940 Recommended for Lance Corporal & promoted to Lance Corporal.
07/05/1940 To be acting Lance Sergeant.
06/06/1940 Promoted to acting Sergeant.
26/07/1940 Admitted Puckapunyal 4 Australian General Hospital, Seymour, Victoria with Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (U.R.T.I.).
31/07/1940 Discharged to unit.
09/09/1940 Attending Potential Officers School of Duntroon, New South Wales.
07/04/1941 Rank of Sergeant confirmed.
07/04/1941 Embarked Sydney, New South Wales on H.M.S. Queen Mary (H.M.T. N.N.).
03/05/1941 Disembarked Middle East.
18/09/1941 Appointed Lieutenant 2/2 Australian Pioneer Battalion.
21/09/1941 Attending Officer Cadets Training Unit Infantry.
12/11/1941 Marched in X list Pioneer Training Battalion from Middle East Officer Cadets Training Unit.
25/11/1941 Marched out to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion from X list Pioneer Training Battalion.
27/11/1941 Marched in 2/2 Pioneer Battalion from Pioneer Training Battalion.
26/12/1941 Attending Mule Loading and General Mule Management Course.
06/01/1942 Rejoined 2/2 Pioneer Battalion from Mule Loading and General Mule Management Course.
31/01/1942 Embarked Middle East on S.S. Orcades.
18/02/1942 Disembarked Batavia, Java.
04/03/1942 Transferred to P.S.L. Infantry ex 2/2 Australian Pioneer Battalion.
04/03/1942 Reported missing in action, Java and transferred to X list.
23/03/1943 Previously reported missing in action now reported missing in action believed prisoner of war.
23/06/1943 Reported prisoner of war interned Java camp.
07/07/1943 Change of address of next of kin.
28/07/1943 Reported prisoner of war, Java.
18/08/1945 Recovered in Batavia.
18/09/1945 Recovered in Batavia.
22/09/1945 Recovered from Japanese at Java.
22/09/1945 Emplaned Batavia, Java.
22/09/1945 Deplaned Balikpapan, Borneo.
30/09/1945 Emplaned Balikpapan, Borneo.
30/09/1945 Deplaned Morotai.
30/09/1945 Marched in ex Balikpapan, Borneo.
30/09/1945 Marched in 9 Prisoner Of War Recovery Company.
01/10/1945 Evacuated to 2/5 Australian General Hospital for investigation.
01/10/1945 Admitted 2/5 Australian General Hospital for investigation.
10/10/1945 Evacuated to 107 Australian General Hospital ex 2/5 Australian General Hospital.
10/10/1945 Discharged for air evacuation to Australia with malnutrition.
10/10/1945 Emplaned Morotai for Australia.
10/10/1945 Deplaned Darwin, Northern Territory ex Morotai.
12/10/1945 ????????? ex 107 Australian General Hospital. Recovered prisoner of war.
13/10/1945 Evacuated to 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria for investigation ex prisoner of war.
18/10/1945 Evacuated to 111 Australian General Hospital.
19/10/1945 Evacuated from 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria to 111 Australian General Hospital.
19/10/1945 Evacuated to 111 Australian General Hospital from 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria for investigation.
19/10/1945 Marched out on leave.
10/01/1946 Evacuated from 111 Australian General Hospital to 2/1 Australian Convalescent Depot.
10/01/1946 Evacuated to 2/1 Australian Convalescent Depot from 111 Australian General Hospital for investigation.
15/01/1946 Discharged from 2/1 Australian Convalescent Depot to Leave and Transit Depot, Tasmania Lines of Communication area.
15/01/1946 Marched in from 2/1 Australian Convalescent Depot.
15/01/1946 Discharged to General Details Depot, Tasmania.
16/01/1946 Marched in from Leave and Transit Depot, Tasmania Lines of Communication area.
16/01/1946 Marched out to Tasmania Lines of Communication area Discharge Depot.
30/01/1946 Appointment terminated.
31/01/1946 Transferred to the R of O (Australian Infantry), Queensland from P.S.L. (Australian Infantry).
04/08/1947 Retired.
29/10/1949 Died at Westbury, Tasmania.