Soldier profiles
Name : ILES, RUPERT JOHN
Service Number : VX17275
Date of Birth : 28/12/1914
Place of Birth : AMPHITHEATRE, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 25/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : AMPHITHEATRE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : ILES, ELLEN
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, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 11/01/1946
Date Died : 23/09/1983
Age at Death : 68
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : AMPHITHEATRE CEMETERY, VICTORIA, 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) : FORT MERDJAYOUN (SYRIA), JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : SYRIA, THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : SYRIA, THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0044 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6216516 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 598kB), Headstone [photo courtesy of C. Judkins], Amphitheatre Cemetery plaque (Victoria)
Background : P.O.W. at Fort Merdjayoun and on the Burma Railway. Repatriated to Australia on M.V. Highland Chieftain. Husband of Gwendoline Muriel (died 22/03/1994).
