Soldier profiles
Name : RITCHIE, JOHN GRANT
Service Number : VX15771
Date of Birth : 03/07/1916
Place of Birth : ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 20/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : TOTTENHAM, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : RITCHIE, WILLIAM
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : SERGEANT
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, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 13/12/1945
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) : THAILAND, NIIHAMA (JAPAN)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : JAPAN
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0073 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6220025 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 31833604 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 888kB), Past article (size 1568kB), Front of Japanese P.O.W. record, Back of Japanese P.O.W. record
Background : Arrived in Japan September 1944 aboard Bioki Maru. Recovered from Niihama Camp in Japan 12/09/1945.
