Soldier profiles
Name : BARDEN, WILLIAM JAMES EDWIN
Service Number : VX31085
Date of Birth : 06/11/1901
Place of Birth : KENT, ENGLAND
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : TRUCK DRIVER, PLASTERER
Date of Enlistment : 12/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : GLENFERRIE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : BARDEN, MARGARET
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 : 23/01/1946
Date Died : ??/05/1982
Age at Death : 80
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-0005 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6220556 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 368kB)
Background : Repatriated to Australia on S.S. Taroona (embarked Singapore 29/09/1945) and S.S. Tamaroa (disembarked Melbourne 17/10/1945).
