Soldier profiles
Name : LEIPER, JAMES CHRISTIE
Service Number : VX18977
Date of Birth : 09/08/1902
Place of Birth : ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : BOILER MAKERS ASSISTANT
Date of Enlistment : 29/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : NORTHCOTE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : LEIPER, RUTH
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 :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 18/09/1940
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) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6215528 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll
Background : Husband of Ruth Leiper.
Service & personal summary At enlistment : married. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 9.5 inches, blue eyes, medium complexion, grey hair.
Service record
29/05/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
31/05/1940 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
05/09/1940 Transferred to 2 Recruit Reception Depot Royal Park, Victoria. Struck off strength.
18/09/1940 Discharged as medically unfit.
