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Soldier profiles
Name : ROSSITER, FRANCIS MAURICE SEARES
Service Number : VX15233
Date of Birth : 19/09/1899
Place of Birth : NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 16/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : CARLTON, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : ROSSITER, ETHEL
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : LIEUTENANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : O.I.C. 7 PLATOON C COMPANY, SUPPLY OFFICER (JAVA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions : FORT MERDJAYOUN (SYRIA), MAZRAAT ED DAHR (SYRIA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 17/06/1947
Date Died : N/A
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) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : BICYCLE (JAVA), BATAVIA (JAVA), THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0075 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6219632 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 1033654 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 948kB)
Background : NO
