Soldier profiles
Name : COGHLAN, HAROLD ALBERT
Service Number : VX23662
Date of Birth : 23/06/1902
Place of Birth : WARATAH, TAS
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : LABOURER
Date of Enlistment : 07/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : ELTHAM, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : COGHLAN, TIMOTHY
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
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 02/07/1944
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) : SYRIA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : SYRIA
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : SYRIA
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6227519 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll
Background : 2/2 Pioneer from 08/06/1940. His only campaign was Syria.
