Soldier profiles

Name : WHEELER, ROBERT FRANCIS
Service Number : VX23134
Date of Birth : 22/09/1919
Place of Birth : ENFIELD, NSW
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : LABOURER
Date of Enlistment : 06/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : MOONEE PONDS, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : WHEELER, CECILIA
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 :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 03/12/1945
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) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6227373 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll

Background :

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 9 inches, blue eyes, medium complexion, dark brown hair. Marital status : single. Dependent children : 1 16 years & older. Full time war service : A.I.F. 06/06/1940 to 03/12/1945 which included 2008 days active service (880 days within Australia & 796 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East 08/04/1941, disembarked in Australia 19/03/1942), New Guinea area (embarked from Australia 25/07/1943, disembarked in Australia 10/02/1944), Borneo area (embarked from Australia 16/03/1945, disembarked in Australia 19/11/1945). War badge no. 186220. Discharge certificate no. 307384.

Service record
06/06/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
08/06/1940 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
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.
20/06/1941 Injured in action. Injury to knee and nerves.
21/06/1941 Evacuated to 7 Australian General Hospital with infected wound right leg and transferred to X list.
12/07/1941 Evacuated from 7 Australian General Hospital to 1 Australian Convalescent Depot.
21/07/1941 Discharged 1 Australian Convalescent Depot and transferred to Pioneer Training Battalion.
21/07/1941 Marched in.
24/08/1941 Marched out to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
25/08/1941 Taken on strength from Pioneer Training Battalion.
06/02/1942 Embarked Middle East on Nigerstroom.
19/03/1942 Disembarked 4 Military District (South Australia).
15/04/1942 Transferred to 2/6 Field Company.
15/04/1942 Taken on strength ex 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
27/06/1942 Transferred to 2/2 Australian Pioneer Battalion.
29/06/1942 Taken on strength 2 Military District (New South Wales) ex 2/6 Field Company.
30/10/1942 Promoted to acting Corporal 5 Military District (Western Australia).
02/11/1942 Attended school (Section Leaders) 5 Military District (Western Australia).
28/11/1942 Result of school. Pass.
28/12/1942 Rank of Corporal confirmed 5 Military District (Western Australia).
26/01/1943 Entrained for 3 Military District (Victoria).
03/02/1943 Marched in 3 Military District (Victoria) ex 5 Military District (Western Australia).
26/03/1943 Entrained for 1 Military District (Queensland).
25/07/1943 Embarked Townsville, Queensland on H.M.T. Duntroon.
28/07/1943 Disembarked Port Moresby, New Guinea.
08/02/1944 Embarked Port Moresby, New Guinea on H.M.A.S. Kanimbla.
10/02/1944 Disembarked Townsville, Queensland.
16/03/1945 Embarked Cairns, Queensland on U.S.A.T. Sea Barb.
28/03/1945 Disembarked Morotai.
22/04/1945 Embarked Morotai for service in Tarakan.
18/05/1945 Embarked Tarakan for return to Morotai.
24/05/1945 Granted proficiency pay.
22/06/1945 Embarked Morotai for service in Balikpapan, Borneo on U.S.S. LST-632.
10/10/1945 Transferred to 2/1 Machine Gun Battalion Balikpapan, Borneo.
10/10/1945 Taken on strength from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
11/11/1945 Transferred to holding strength Leave and Transit Depot Victoria Lines of Communication area.
19/11/1945 Disembarked Sydney, New South Wales.
20/11/1945 Marched into Leave and Transit Depot, Victoria for disposal.
29/11/1945 Marched into Australian Military Forces Discharge Depot for discharge ex Leave and Transit Depot.
03/12/1945 Discharged Royal Park, Victoria.