Soldier profiles
Name : RICHARDS, FRANK AUGUSTUS
Service Number : VX22500
Date of Birth : 16/06/1915
Place of Birth : TRARALGON, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 05/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : SOUTH CALLIGNEE
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : RICHARDS, HAROLD
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : CORPORAL
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : 5 PLATOON (SYRIA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions : DAMOUR (SYRIA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 06/12/1945
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) : 30 KILO (BURMA), THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : Military Medal presented at Government House, Melbourne, Victoria on 13/11/1946. London Gazette 16/04/1942, page 1695, position 10. Mentioned in Despatches. London Gazette 30/12/1941, page 7361, position 122. Mentioned in Despatches for distinguished service in South-West Pacific Area 06/03/1947. London Gazette 06/03/1947, page 1099, position 159. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 06/03/1947, page 747, position 102
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0073 Missing & POW Circular, Australian War Memorial Awards Circular, Australian War Memorial Awards Circular, Australian War Memorial Awards Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6206978 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 233kB), Japanese guard Storm Trooper war crime. 21/05/1946 Affidavit by NX67571 Pte C. T. Deane
Background : N.C.O. in charge 30 Kilo Camp Hospital August 1943. Repatriated to Australia on the M.V. Highland Brigade.
