Soldier profiles
Name : CHEESEMAN, WALLACE HENRY
Service Number : VX19019
Date of Birth : 08/10/1917
Place of Birth : HAMPTON, VIC
Known as : WALLY
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 01/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : OAKLEIGH, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : CHEESEMAN, WILLIAM
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 : 05/12/1945
Date Died : 09/11/1987
Age at Death : 70
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) : LIZUKA 22 (JAPAN), FUKUOKA (JAPAN)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : JAPAN
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0015 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6204847 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 1037391 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 478860 [OPEN], Barcode 3184343 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, 2/2 Pioneers Newsletter 04/1988 p2
Background : Arrived in Japan 16/01/1945 aboard hellship Awa Maru.
