Soldier profiles
Name : ROWE, ARTHUR WILLIAM
Service Number : VX19330
Date of Birth : 23/07/1911
Place of Birth : SIDMOUTH, ENGLAND
Known as : ARTHUR
Occupation on Enlistment : STATION HAND
Date of Enlistment : 30/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : LOCKHART, NSW
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : ROWE, W
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 : FORT MERDJAYOUN (SYRIA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 17/01/1946
Date Died : 18/12/1987
Age at Death : 76
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-0075 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6204503 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 579kB), Past article (size 180kB), 2/2 Pioneers Newsletter 04/1988 p2
Background : Repatriated to Australia on Moreton Bay.
