Soldier profiles

Name : O'LOGHLIN, VINCENT
Service Number : VX20326
Date of Birth : 28/09/1919
Place of Birth : CARLTON, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : BOUNDARY RIDER
Date of Enlistment : 31/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : FITZROY, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : O'LOGHLIN, E
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 : 17/12/1945
Date Died : ??/12/2004
Age at Death : 85
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-0067 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6205669 [DIGITISED], Barcode 1033576 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 6614598 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 888kB)

Background :

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 11 inches, blue eyes, fair complexion, fair hair. Marital status : single. Marks / scars : ulcer scar right tibia, scar right palm. Full time war service : A.I.F. 31/05/1940 to 17/12/1945 which included 2027 days active service (44 days within Australia & 1672 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East and Java areas (embarked from Australia 07/04/1941, disembarked in Australia 03/11/1945). War badge no. 154157. Discharge certificate no. 479091.

Service record
31/05/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
03/06/1940 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
30/09/1940 Admitted Puckapunyal 4 Australian General Hospital, Seymour, Victoria with diarrhea for investigation.
04/10/1940 Discharged from Puckapunyal 4 Australian General Hospital, Seymour, Victoria.
07/04/1941 Embarked Sydney, New South Wales on H.M.S. Queen Mary (H.M.T. N.N.).
03/05/1941 Disembarked Middle East.
16/08/1941 Evacuated to 23 Scottish General Hospital Middle East with with Not Yet Determined (N.Y.D.) and transferred to X list.
30/08/1941 Discharged from Scottish General Hospital and transferred to Pioneer Training Battalion.
30/08/1941 Marched in.
19/10/1941 Marched out to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Middle East.
22/10/1941 Taken on strength from Pioneer Training Battalion.
31/01/1942 Embarked Middle East on S.S. Orcades.
18/02/1942 Disembarked Batavia, Java.
07/03/1942 Reported missing in action, Java.
30/04/1942 Reported missing in action, Java and transferred to X list.
14/08/1942 Reported missing in action believed prisoner of war.
28/07/1943 Reported prisoner of war, Java.
15/08/1945 Granted proficiency pay.
05/09/1945 Now reported recovered from enemy place not stated.
20/08/1945 Recovered from Japanese at Dio[is]?.
18/10/1945 Embarked Singapore on Circassia.
03/11/1945 Disembarked Melbourne, Victoria.
03/11/1945 Marched into General Details Depot ex Circassia.
19/12/1945 Marched out to Australian Military Forces Discharge Depot.
19/12/1945 Discharged.
26/04/1946 Re-enlisted in Interim Army and allotted VX502291.