Soldier profiles
Name : EDMONDSON, FRANCIS ERNEST
Service Number : VX23234
Date of Birth : 06/02/1920
Place of Birth : HORSHAM, VIC
Known as : SPIKE, FRANK
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 06/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : HORSHAM, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : EDMONDSON, H
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 : DAMOUR (SYRIA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 05/12/1945
Date Died : ??/??/1969
Age at Death : 49?
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 : Military Medal (2/2 Pioneer Battalion) for bravery & devotion to duty at Leuwiliang 03 & 04/03/1942 presented at Parliament House, Melbourne, Victoria on 15/03/49. London Gazette 06/03/1947, page 1090, position 74. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 06/03/1947, page 747, position 63
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0025 Missing & POW Circular, Australian War Memorial Awards Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6228024 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 1037470 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Association Newsletter March 2004 p3
Background : Repatriated to Australia on the M.V. Highland Brigade.
