Soldier profiles
Name : HOLMES, STANLEY JEPSON
Service Number : VX20189
Date of Birth : 11/08/1901
Place of Birth : GOOLE, ENGLAND
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 31/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : COBURG, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : HOLMES, ELIZABETH
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 : 20/11/1946
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) : 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-0042 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6213736 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 598kB), N.S.W. 2/1 and 2/2 Pioneer News 01/07/1965 p2
Background : Repatriated to Australia on M.V. Highland Chieftain. Passed away early 1965?.
