Soldier profiles
Name : OLDHAM, HERBERT JAMES
Service Number : VX23225
Date of Birth : 08/08/1909
Place of Birth : PRAHRAN, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 06/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : NORTH FITZROY, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : MAAUNDRELL, RITA
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : 1 PLATOON (SYRIA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions : MAZRAAT ED DAHR (SYRIA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 04/02/1946
Date Died : 24/03/1976
Age at Death : 66
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-0067 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6226638 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 478984 [OPEN], Barcode 1033573 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 225kB), Past article (size 888kB)
Background : Repatriated Singapore to Australia on hospital ship S.S. Karoa.
