Soldier profiles
Name : KELLOW, FRANK
Service Number : VX17548
Date of Birth : 26/11/1906
Place of Birth : RICHMOND, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 25/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : HAWTHORN, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : KELLOW, BETTY
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : CAPTAIN
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : AUSTRALIAN ARMY CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : CHAPLAIN
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) : ATTACHED TO 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions : DAMOUR (SYRIA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 22/01/1947
Date Died : 08/09/1979
Age at Death : 72
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), THAILAND, JAPAN
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : JAPAN
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0047 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6216938 [OPEN], Barcode 478931 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_P01613.001.jpg, Past article (size 225kB), Past article (size 598kB), Past article (size 311kB), Past article (size 245kB), Past article (size 265kB), Past article (size 151kB)
Background : Repatriated to Australia on M.V. Highland Chieftain.
