Soldier profiles
Name : TUCK, WALTER GEORGE
Service Number : VX22844
Date of Birth : 10/08/1907
Place of Birth : CANTERBURY, VIC
Known as : WALLY
Occupation on Enlistment : PLUMBER
Date of Enlistment : 06/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : MITCHAM, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : TUCK, JEAN
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : B COMPANY (SYRIA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
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) : THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0088 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6227579 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 397kB)
Background : Repatriated to Australia on the M.V. Highland Brigade.
