Soldier profiles

Name : RANSOM, EDWARD GRAHAM
Service Number : VX22701
Date of Birth : 17/09/1907
Place of Birth : MILDURA, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : LABOURER
Date of Enlistment : 05/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : RED CLIFFS, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : WILSON, P
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 : 06/09/1946
Date Died : 10/07/1971
Age at Death : 63
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) : JAVA
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0072 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6227409 [DIGITISED], Barcode 1033622 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 32339867 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 888kB)

Background : Fawkner Crematorium, Victoria in 1971.

Service & personal summary Brother-in-law of P. D. Wilson. At enlistment : single. No previous military experience. Blue eyes, fair hair. At discharge : height 5 feet 4 inches, green eyes, medium complexion, brown hair. Marital status : single. Medical : bilateral optic atrophy, bilateral partial deafness, bilateral pes planus. Full time war service : A.I.F. 05/06/1940 to 06/09/1946 which included 2285 days active service (348 days within Australia & 1630 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East and Java areas (embarked from Australia 08/04/1941, disembarked in Australia 23/09/1945). War badge no. 22445. Discharge certificate no. 555722.

Service record
05/06/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
08/06/1940 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
03/07/1940 Admitted Puckapunyal 4 Australian General Hospital, Seymour, Victoria for X-ray.
09/07/1940 Discharged to unit.
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.
19/06/1941 Evacuated to 7 Australian General Hospital with Not Yet Determined (N.Y.D.) and transferred to X list.
03/07/1941 Discharged 7 Australian General Hospital (gastroenteritis) and transferred to Pioneer Training Battalion.
03/07/1941 Marched in.
13/07/1941 Marched out to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
13/07/1941 Taken on strength from Pioneer Training Battalion.
21/12/1941 Evacuated to 14 Australian Specialised Hospital with Not Yet Determined (N.Y.D.) and transferred to X list.
11/01/1942 Discharged from 14 Australian Specialised Hospital and returned to unit.
13/01/1942 Rejoined unit from 14 Australian Specialised Hospital and struck off X list.
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.
30/04/1942 Reported missing in action believed prisoner of war.
28/07/1943 Reported prisoner of war, Java.
04/09/1944 Prisoner of war no. 5388.
15/08/1945 Granted proficiency pay.
25/09/1945 Admitted to 113 Australian General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales (for XXXX).
26/09/1945 Admitted 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria (for XXXX).
14/05/1946 Discharged to Stonnington Convalescent Hospital, Victoria.
14/05/1946 Admitted from 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria with bilateral optic atrophy.
08/07/1946 Evacuated to 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria with bilateral optic atrophy.
08/07/1946 Admitted ex Stonnington Convalescent Hospital, Victoria for review.
06/08/1946 Reason for discharge 253A (D) Full Medical Board 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria.
09/08/1946 Discharged to General Details Depot (D).
06/09/1946 Discharged.