Soldier profiles
Name : GRATTON, GEOFFREY ARTHUR
Service Number : VX18091
Date of Birth : 05/11/1919
Place of Birth : MELBOURNE, VIC
Known as : GEOFF
Occupation on Enlistment : LABOURER
Date of Enlistment : 28/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : PASCOE VALE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : GRATTON, F
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 : 17/12/1945
Date Died : ??/08/2004
Age at Death : 84
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
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0034 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6212166 [DIGITISED], Barcode 1037505 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 579kB), C_HAMLEY_1.jpg, C_HAMLEY_2.jpg
Background : Repatriated to Australia on Moreton Bay.
