Soldier profiles

Name : SHOEMARK, ERIC JAMES
Service Number : VX15041
Date of Birth : 02/06/1913
Place of Birth : CULCAIRN, NSW
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : FARM LABOURER
Date of Enlistment : 14/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : CULCAIRN, NSW
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : SHOEMARK, NORMAN
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, NEW GUINEA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 23/06/1944
Date Died : 27/07/1991
Age at Death : 78
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : CULCAIRN CEMETERY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. PORTION METH /PRESB J 20.
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 6215248 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll

Background : Husband of Thelma Jean Shoemark (died 21/08/1983). Marriage registration number 14922/1952 (Thelma Jean nee Anderson) in Wagga Wagga District.

Service & personal summary Brother of Norman Shoemark At enlistment : single. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 6 feet, blue eyes, medium complexion, dark brown hair. Marital status : single. Marks / scars : appendix scar, scar boil right hip. Discharged as medically unfit 28/04/1944 by medical board at 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria. Full time war service : A.I.F. 14/05/1940 to 23/06/1944 which included 1502 days active service (439 days within Australia & 707 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East area (embarked from Australia 07/04/1941, disembarked in Australia 18/03/1942), New Guinea area (embarked from Australia 07/08/1942, disembarked in Australia 30/01/1943). War badge no. 33471 lost then replaced by 399860. Discharge certificate no. 83106.

Service record
14/05/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
15/05/1940 Posted to 21 Infantry Brigade Headquarters Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria from Recruit Reception Depot.
03/06/1940 Transferred to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
03/06/1940 Appointed Group III Speciality Motor Transport. Pay 6/- day.
04/06/1940 Reported sick and admitted to Camp Dressing Station.
07/06/1940 Returned to unit.
19/08/1940 Admitted Puckapunyal 4 Australian General Hospital, Seymour, Victoria with mumps.
02/09/1940 Discharged to duty.
27/09/1940 Appointed Group III Speciality Motor Transport terminated. Pay 5/- day.
01/11/1940 Transferred to X list. 23 days leave without pay.
23/11/1940 Returned to unit from leave without pay.
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.
02/08/1941 Admitted 2/4 Field Ambulance with Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (P.U.O.) and Sandfly fever.
05/08/1941 Discharged to unit.
13/09/1941 Admitted 2/4 Field Ambulance with Sandfly fever.
17/09/1941 Discharged to unit.
05/02/1942 Embarked Middle East on S.S. Sophocles.
10/03/1942 Arrived Fremantle, West Australia on S.S. Sophocles.
18/03/1942 Disembarked 4 Military District (South Australia) ex S.S. Sophocles.
15/04/1942 Transferred to 2/6 Australian Field Company Royal Australian Engineers from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
15/04/1942 Taken on strength of 2/6 Australian Field Company from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
30/05/1942 Graded Group I Engine Artificer.
07/08/1942 Embarked Brisbane, Queensland on John D. Whittaker.
14/08/1942 Disembarked Port Moresby, New Guinea.
30/08/1942 Attached from 2/6 Australian Field Company Royal Australian Engineers.
16/11/1942 Admitted 2/4 Field Ambulance.
24/11/1942 Discharged.
28/01/1943 Embarked Port Moresby, New Guinea on H.M.T. Duntroon.
30/01/1943 Disembarked Cairns, Queensland.
03/03/1943 Evacuated to Newcastle Hospital Military Annex ex leave with malaria and transferred to X list.
09/03/1943 Discharged from Newcastle Hospital Military Annex to General Details Depot Redbank, Queensland.
31/03/1943 Evacuated to 6 Casualty Clearing Station with malaria (malignant tertian) or malaria (benign tertian).
17/04/1943 Discharged from 6 Casualty Clearing Station to unit.
17/04/1943 Taken on strength.
14/06/1943 Evacuated to 106 Casualty Clearing Station with malaria (benign tertian) and transferred to X list.
28/06/1943 Discharged from 106 Casualty Clearing Station to unit.
28/06/1943 Taken on strength from 106 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Queensland
20/07/1943 Embarked Cairns, Queensland on S.S. Taroona.
22/07/1943 Disembarked Port Moresby, New Guinea.
29/07/1943 Evacuated to 2/5 Australian General Hospital with malaria (benign tertian) and transferred to X list.
15/08/1943 Admitted 2/5 Australian General Hospital with enteritis.
16/08/1943 Discharged from 2/5 Australian General Hospital.
19/08/1943 Taken on strength 2/6 Australian Field Company from 2/5 Australian General Hospital.
30/10/1943 Evacuated to III Casualty Clearing Station by air with malaria (malignant tertian).
15/11/1943 Discharged III Casualty Clearing Station to unit.
23/11/1943 Evacuated to 2/9 Australian General Hospital with schizophrenia and transferred to X list.
05/01/1944 Evacuated from 2/9 Australian General Hospital to hospital ship H.M.A.S. Manunda.
12/01/1944 Disembarked Sydney, New South Wales.
12/01/1944 Admitted 113 Australian General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales ex hospital ship H.M.A.S. Manunda.
14/01/1944 Evacuated from 113 Australian General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales to Reception House, Forbes Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales (acute mania).
14/01/1944 Admitted Reception House, Forbes Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales.
24/01/1944 Reception House, Forbes Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales advises transfer to Callan Park Mental Hospital, Lilyfield, Sydney, New South Wales.
24/01/1944 Certified and transferred to Callan Park Mental Hospital, Lilyfield, Sydney, New South Wales.
12/04/1944 Evacuated from Callan Park Mental Hospital, Lilyfield, Sydney, New South Wales to 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria.
12/04/1944 Admitted to 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria ex 2 Australian Ambulance Train with schizophrenia.
28/04/1944 Medical classification changed from Class A1 to D (schizophrenia in remission).
03/05/1944 Discharged to General Details Depot, Victoria.
03/05/1944 Marched into General Details Depot for discharge ex 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria.
23/06/1944 Discharged.