Soldier profiles
Name : THOMAS, HARVEY IAN
Service Number : VX18869
Date of Birth : 16/12/1918
Place of Birth : ALBERT PARK, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : LABOURER
Date of Enlistment : 29/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : BRIGHTON BEACH, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : THOMAS, 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) : D COMPANY (AUSTRALIA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 16/01/1946
Date Died : 09/07/1984
Age at Death : 65
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) : OMUTA (JAPAN), FUKUOKA (JAPAN)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0086 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6212638 [DIGITISED], Barcode 31698198 [DIGITISED], Barcode 479020 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 579kB)
Background : Changed name from William Henry Sage 08/08/1940 (ref. service record on NAOA). Arrived in Japan 16/01/1945 aboard hellship Awa Maru. Repatriated to Australia on Moreton Bay.
