Soldier profiles

Name : HAYWOOD, RICHARD
Service Number : VX19331
Date of Birth : ??/??/1898
Place of Birth : LONDON, ENGLAND
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : MINER
Date of Enlistment : 30/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : MELBOURNE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : LESTER, JENNIE
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
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 04/02/1944
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 6204502 [DIGITISED], Barcode 31047857 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll

Background :

Service & personal summary British. Brother of Jennie Lester, England. At enlistment : single. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 7 inches, green eyes, fair complexion, grey hair. Marital status : married. Full time war service : A.I.F. XX/XX/XXXX to 04/02/1944 which included 1033 days active service (420 days within Australia & 613 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East area (embarked from Australia 08/04/1941, disembarked in Australia 11/12/1942). War badge no. 30868. Discharge certificate no. 13853.

Service record
30/05/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
31/05/1940 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
31/08/1940 Admitted Rehabilitation / Geriatric Hospital Caulfield, Victoria with fractured fibula.
06/09/1940 Admitted Stonnington Convalescent Hospital, Victoria from Rehabilitation / Geriatric Hospital Caulfield, Victoria.
06/09/1940 Discharged from Rehabilitation / Geriatric Hospital Caulfield, Victoria to Stonnington Convalescent Hospital, Victoria.
24/09/1940 Discharged to Recruit Reception Depot Royal Park, Victoria.
14/12/1940 Appointed Group III Specialty Concreter.
08/04/1941 Embarked Sydney, New South Wales on H.M.S. Queen Mary (H.M.T. N.N.).
03/05/1941 Disembarked Middle East.
05/09/1941 Relinquished Group III Specialty Concreter.
06/09/1941 Graded Group II Miner.
14/09/1941 Evacuated to 62 British General Hospital with Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (P.U.O.) and transferred to X list.
23/09/1941 Discharged from 62 British General Hospital and transferred to Pioneer Training Battalion Middle East.
23/09/1941 Marched in ex 62 British General Hospital.
24/09/1941 Taken on strength Headquarters Section.
24/09/1941 Marched out to Headquarters Section.
24/09/1941 Marched into Pioneer Training Battalion from 62 British General Hospital.
08/11/1941 Detached for specialty duty to Headquarters Australian Imperial Forces Middle East.
22/01/1942 Evacuated to 62 British General Hospital with multi furunculosis (boils).
27/01/1942 Evacuated from 62 British General Hospital to 2 New Zealand General Hospital.
05/02/1942 Evacuated from 2 New Zealand General Hospital to 3 British General Hospital.
18/02/1942 Discharged from 3 British General Hospital and marched into camp.
18/02/1942 Rejoined Pioneer Training Battalion ex Headquarters Australian Imperial Forces Middle East.
08/06/1942 Transferred to 1 Australian Depot Battalion.
08/06/1942 Marched into 1 Australian Depot Battalion.
24/06/1942 Medical classification - fit for duties other than active service with field formation.
04/07/1942 Marched out to Southern Camp ?Nusecal / ?Nuserial.
04/07/1942 Marched in.
10/07/1942 Marched out to 1 Australian Depot Battalion.
10/07/1942 Marched in.
16/11/1942 Embarked Middle East for return to Australia.
11/12/1942 Disembarked Sydney, New South Wales on H.M.S. Mauretania.
11/12/1942 Entrained to Victoria Lines of Communication area.
12/12/1942 Marched into General Details Depot from overseas.
12/12/1942 Granted disembarkation leave 12/12/1942 to 28/12/1942.
28/12/1942 Marched in ex disembarkation leave to General Details Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
30/12/1942 Marched into Recruit Reception Depot Royal Park, Victoria ex General Details Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
01/01/1943 Marched out to Headquarters Camp Pell, Victoria.
04/01/1943 Marched out to 16 Staging Camp, New South Wales.
13/01/1943 Taken on strength 16 Australian Personnel Staging Camp. Marched in from Victoria Lines of Communication area.
21/02/1943 Evacuated to 2/2 Australian General Hospital, Cairns, Queensland with duodenal ulcer and transferred to X list.
06/03/1943 Discharged from 2/2 Australian General Hospital. Rejoined unit and struck off X list.
19/03/1943 Evacuated to 5 Convalescent Hospital Cairns, Queensland with duodenal ulcer.
23/03/1943 Discharged from 5 Convalescent Hospital, Cairns, Queensland and rejoined unit.
21/05/1943 Evacuated to 5 Convalescent Hospital, Cairns, Queensland with Not Yet Determined (N.Y.D.).
26/05/1943 Discharged from 5 Convalescent Hospital, Cairns, Queensland (chronic constipation) and returned to unit.
26/05/1943 Rejoined 16 Australian Personnel Staging Camp from 5 Convalescent Hospital, Cairns, Queensland.
03/01/1944 Evacuated to 5 Australian Camp Hospital with tinea left foot and transferred to X list.
19/01/1944 Discharged to 16 Australian Personnel Staging Camp with ulcerated tinea left foot.
19/01/1944 Taken on strength from 5 Australian Camp Hospital.
28/01/1944 Marched out to Victoria Lines of Communication area General Details Depot for discharge.
03/02/1944 Marched into General Details Depot, Victoria from Leave and Transit Depot Brisbane, Queensland.
04/02/1944 Discharged.