Soldier profiles
Name : FARLOW, FRANK LESLIE
Service Number : VX20334
Date of Birth : 21/08/1922
Place of Birth : MURTOA, VIC
Known as : FRANK, DARKIE
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 31/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : EAST PRAHAN, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : FARLOW, IRENE
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 : 06/12/1945
Date Died : 16/03/2001
Age at Death : 78
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, NIIHAMA (JAPAN)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : JAPAN
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0027 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6205661 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 478880 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 240kB), Past article (size 888kB), Past article (size 1568kB), G_ATKINS_7.jpg, G_ATKINS_12.jpg
Background : Arrived in Japan September 1944 aboard Bioki Maru. Recovered from Niihama Camp in Japan 12/09/1945. Repatriated to Australia on H.M.S. Speaker.
