Soldier profiles
Name : HOSE, DONALD GORDON
Service Number : VX23508
Date of Birth : 03/11/1919
Place of Birth : WARRNAMBOOL, VIC
Known as : DON
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 06/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : NORTHCOTE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : HOSE, CHRISTINA
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 :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 17/12/1945
Date Died : 27/02/2005
Age at Death : 85
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) : FUKUOKA (JAPAN)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : YES
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0042 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6228085 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 1033207 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 579kB), C_HAMLEY_1.jpg, C_HAMLEY_2.jpg, Herald Sun 01/03/2005
Background : He went to join the Army & 2/2 Pioneers offered him a position as dispatch rider. Repatriated to Australia on Moreton Bay. Ashes scattered off Barwon Heads near jetty.
