Soldier profiles

Name : HANN, JOSEPH ERNEST
Service Number : VX14976
Date of Birth : 24/05/1913
Place of Birth : RINGWOOD, VIC
Known as : JOE
Occupation on Enlistment : SAWYER
Date of Enlistment : 14/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : RINGWOOD, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : HANN, CLARA
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : LANCE SERGEANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/3 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : D COMPANY (SYRIA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, NEW GUINEA, BORNEO
Actions : BALATE RIDGE (SYRIA), TARAKAN (BORNEO)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 12/09/1945
Date Died : 30/06/1983
Age at Death : 70
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 6209312 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll

Background : Son of Ernest Hann and Clara Emily Hann.

Service & personal summary Enlisted at Drill Hall Area 5, South Melbourne, S.C.4. At enlistment : single. Blue eyes, brown hair. At discharge : height 5 feet 8.5 inches, blue eyes, medium complexion, brown hair. Marital status : single. Full time war service : A.I.F. 14/05/1940 to 12/09/1945 which included 1947 days active service (571 days within Australia & 1049 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East area (embarked from Australia 08/04/1941, disembarked in Australia 28/02/1943), New Guinea area (embarked from Australia 03/08/1943, disembarked in Australia 10/03/1944), New Guinea area (embarked from Australia 03/04/1945, disembarked in Australia 16/08/1945). War badge no. 83205. Discharge certificate no. 194619.

Service record
14/05/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
16/05/1940 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
11/08/1940 Promoted to acting Corporal.
07/04/1941 Embarked Sydney, New South Wales on H.M.S. Queen Mary (H.M.T. N.N.).
03/05/1941 Disembarked Port Tewfik, Suez.
15/08/1941 Promoted to acting Sergeant.
15/09/1941 Reverted to acting Corporal.
16/09/1941 Rank of Corporal confirmed.
21/01/1942 Transferred from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion to Pioneer Training Battalion.
21/01/1942 Taken on strength Pioneer Training Battalion.
08/05/1942 Transferred from Pioneer Training Battalion to 9 Australian Infantry Special Group.
08/05/1942 Marched into 9 Australian Infantry Special Group.
04/06/1942 Promoted to acting Sergeant.
06/06/1942 Transferred from 9 Australian Infantry Special Group to Pioneer Training Battalion.
06/06/1942 Taken on strength Pioneer Training Battalion.
01/08/1942 Transferred from Pioneer Training Battalion to A.I.F. (Middle East) Staging Camp.
02/08/1942 Marched into A.I.F. (Middle East) Staging Camp.
13/08/1942 Marched out to 2/3 Pioneer Battalion.
13/08/1942 Taken on strength 2/3 Pioneer Battalion.
13/08/1942 Reverted to Corporal.
02/09/1942 Evacuated to 200 British Field Ambulance Main Dressing Station with Diarrhea and transferred to X list.
11/09/1942 Discharged from 200 British Field Ambulance Main Dressing Station to A.I.F. (Middle East) Staging Camp.
11/09/1942 Marched into A.I.F. (Middle East) Staging Camp.
13/09/1942 Marched out to 2/3 Pioneer Battalion.
13/09/1942 Taken on strength 2/3 Pioneer Battalion.
25/10/1942 Evacuated to 7 Australian General Hospital with shrapnel wound left thigh and transferred to X list.
28/10/1942 Wounded in action.
28/10/1942 Evacuated from 7 Australian General Hospital to 4 Australian Convalescent Depot.
23/11/1942 Discharged from 4 Australian Convalescent Depot to A.I.F. (Middle East) Staging Camp.
23/11/1942 Marched into A.I.F. (Middle East) Staging Camp.
25/11/1942 Marched out to 2/3 Pioneer Battalion.
25/11/1942 Taken on strength 2/3 Pioneer Battalion.
25/01/1943 Embarked Middle East per L1.
28/02/1943 Disembarked Sydney, New South Wales.
20/04/1943 Detached to 2/25 Australian Infantry Battalion, Queensland.
22/05/1943 Ceased to be attached to 2/25 Australian Infantry Battalion from 2/3 Pioneer Battalion.
22/05/1943 Rejoined 2/3 Pioneer Battalion.
03/08/1943 Embarked Cairns, Queensland.
06/08/1943 Disembarked Milne Bay, New Guinea.
09/08/1943 Appointed Lance Sergeant.
23/10/1943 Evacuated to 2/3 Casualty Clearing Station with Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (P.U.O.) and transferred to X list.
23/11/1943 Taken on strength 2/3 Pioneer Battalion from 2/3 Casualty Clearing Station.
02/03/1944 Embarked Finschafen, New Guinea on Klipfontein.
10/03/1944 Disembarked Brisbane, Queensland.
15/03/1944 Marched in for leave Camp Pell, Victoria.
09/05/1944 Marched out to unit via Leave and Transit Depot Brisbane, Queensland.
16/05/1944 Rejoined unit from leave.
24/07/1944 Evacuated to 2/1 Casualty Clearing Station with Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (P.U.O.) and transferred to X list.
24/07/1944 Evacuated from 2/1 Casualty Clearing Station to 2/6 Australian General Hospital with Malaria (Benign Tertian).
07/08/1944 Discharged to 9 Division Rest Camp with Malaria (Benign Tertian).
07/08/1944 Rejoined 2/3 Pioneer Battalion from 2/6 Australian General Hospital.
26/10/1944 Marched out to First Australian Army Regiment Training School Junior Leaders Weapon Training Wing course No.16(C) and transferred to X list.
08/12/1944 Qualified at First Australian Army Regiment Training School Junior Leaders Weapon Training Wing course No.16(C) from 27/10/1944 to 08/12/1944.
08/12/1944 Marched into 2/3 Pioneer Battalion.
03/04/1945 Embarked Townsville, Queensland on U.S.A.T. Sea Cat.
13/04/1945 Disembarked Morotai.
22/04/1945 Embarked Morotai for service in Tarakan.
07/05/1945 Admitted 2/11 Field Ambulance Main Dressing Station Tarakan with Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (P.U.O.) not yet determined.
13/05/1945 Discharged from 2/11 Field Ambulance Main Dressing Station to unit with Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (P.U.O.) not yet determined.
16/05/1945 Evacuated to 110 Australian Casualty Clearing Station not yet determined and transferred to X list.
22/05/1945 Evacuated from 110 Australian Casualty Clearing Station to 2/11 Field Ambulance Main Dressing Station with anxiety state.
29/05/1945 Discharged from 2/11 Field Ambulance Main Dressing Station to unit not yet determined.
29/05/1945 Rejoined unit from 2/11 Field Ambulance Main Dressing Station and struck off X list.
07/06/1945 Evacuated from 2/3 Pioneer Battalion to 110 Casualty Clearing Station and transferred to X list.
07/06/1945 Admitted 110 Casualty Clearing Station with lumbago.
17/06/1945 Evacuated from 110 Casualty Clearing Station to 2/12 Field Ambulance Main Dressing Station with myositis scapula and lumbar regions.
17/06/1945 Admitted 2/12 Field Ambulance Main Dressing Station.
08/07/1945 Discharged 2/12 Field Ambulance Main Dressing Station to unit with myositis scapular and lumbar muscles.
10/07/1945 Change of next of kin.
17/07/1945 Admitted 110 Casualty Clearing Station Tarakan with myositis and transferred to X list.
24/07/1945 Evacuated by air ambulance to 2/5 Australian General Hospital Morotai.
24/07/1945 Admitted 2/5 Australian General Hospital from 110 Casualty Clearing Station with myositis scapula muscle.
30/07/1945 Additional diagnosis fibrositis.
14/08/1945 Discharged by air to 2/14 Australian General Hospital not yet determined.
14/08/1945 Emplaned Morotai for return to Australia.
14/08/1945 Deplaned Townsville, Queensland from Morotai.
14/08/1945 Evacuated air ambulance to 2/14 Australian General Hospital with fibrositis back.
17/08/1945 Evacuated from 2/14 Australian General Hospital to 112 Australian General Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland with fibrositis back.
29/08/1945 Evacuated from 112 Australian General Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland to D.D.M.S. New South Wales Lines of Communication area hospital train.
31/08/1945 Admitted from hospital train to 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria with fibrositis back.
10/09/1945 Discharged from 115 Australian General Hospital to General Details Depot Victoria Lines of Communication area Class "D".
10/09/1945 Marched into General Details Depot for discharge.
12/09/1945 Discharged.