Soldier profiles

Name : RUDDLE, JOHN
Service Number : VX23058
Date of Birth : 22/08/1912
Place of Birth : CARLTON, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : WHARF LABOURER
Date of Enlistment : 07/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : PRAHRAN, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : RUDDLE, MURIEL
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : CORPORAL
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 : 11/02/1946
Date Died : 24/10/1989
Age at Death : 77
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-0076 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6227721 [DIGITISED], Barcode 1033657 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial

Background :

Service & personal summary At enlistment : married. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 9 inches, brown eyes, dark complexion, black hair. Marital status : married. Dependent children : 2 under 16 years old. Marks / scars : left shin scar, tattoo lower right forearm. Full time war service : A.I.F. 07/06/1940 to 11/02/1946 which included 2076 days active service (133 days within Australia & 1639 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East and Java areas (embarked from Australia 07/04/1941, disembarked in Australia 21/10/1945). War badge no. 290671. Discharge certificate no. 491190.

Service record
07/06/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
08/06/1940 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
06/09/1940 Admitted Puckapunyal 4 Australian General Hospital, Seymour, Victoria with haemorrhoids.
23/09/1940 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.
25/06/1941 Appointed Lance Corporal.
22/07/1941 Graded A / Group III Concretor.
12/09/1941 Relinquished A / Group III Concretor.
25/09/1941 Promoted to acting Corporal.
11/10/1941 Reverted to Lance Corporal.
27/11/1941 Evacuated to 14 Australian Specialised Hospital with Not Yet Determined (N.Y.D.) and transferred to X list.
10/12/1941 Discharged from 14 Australian Specialised Hospital with non specific urethra (N. V.) and returned to unit.
11/12/1941 Rejoined unit from 14 Australian Specialised Hospital and struck off X list.
18/12/1941 Promoted to acting Corporal.
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.
22/12/1942 Reported missing in action believed prisoner of war.
04/11/1943 Reported prisoner of war.
22/12/1943 Reported interned Thailand camp.
06/10/1945 Embarked Singapore on M.V. Highland Brigade.
21/10/1945 Disembarked Melbourne, Victoria.
21/10/1945 Marched into General Details Depot, Melbourne, Victoria ex M.V. Highland Brigade.
26/11/1945 Admitted 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria with Strongyloides.
31/01/1946 Discharged to General Details Depot with Sinusitis strongyloides.
31/01/1946 Marched in ex 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria.
08/02/1946 Marched out to Australian Military Forces Discharge Depot.
08/02/1946 Marched into Australian Military Forces Discharge Depot ex Leave and Transit Depot, Victoria.
11/02/1946 Discharged Royal Park, Victoria.