Soldier profiles

Name : JONES, JOHN PATRICK
Service Number : VX40458
Date of Birth : 20/02/1913
Place of Birth : FREMANTLE, WA
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : BOOKMAKERS CLERK
Date of Enlistment : 24/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : WEST BRUNSWICK, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : JONES, JOAN
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : GUNNER
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 : MIDDLE EAST, NEW GUINEA, BORNEO
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 12/09/1945
Date Died : 21/04/1976
Age at Death : 63
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) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6137949 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll

Background :

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 9.5 inches, blue eyes, dark complexion, fair hair. Marks / scars : disfigured nose. Marital status : single. Full time war service : A.I.F. 24/06/1940 to 12/09/1945 which included 1905 days active service (357 days within Australia & 1292 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East area (embarked from Australia 10/02/1941, disembarked in Australia 17/03/1942), New Guinea area (embarked from Australia 17/05/1942, disembarked in Australia 29/05/1944), Borneo area (embarked from Australia 16/03/1945, disembarked in Australia 09/08/1945). War badge no. A83028. Discharge certificate no. 194474.

Service record
24/06/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
26/06/1940 Posted to 2 Anti Aircraft Regiment Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria from Recruit Reception Depot.
20/01/1941 Granted pre embarkation leave Western Command.
31/01/1941 Marched in pre embarkation leave Claremont, West Australia.
10/02/1941 Embarked overseas Convoy no. 9.
17/03/1941 Disembarked Middle East.
17/02/1942 Embarked Middle East on S.S. Strathallan.
17/03/1942 Disembarked 4 Military District (South Australia).
17/05/1942 Embarked 2/4 Anti Aircraft Battery Sydney, New South Wales on M.V. Swartenhondt.
24/05/1942 Re-embarked Sydney, New South Wales on M.V. Swartenhondt.
03/06/1942 Disembarked Port Moresby, New Guinea.
30/06/1943 Evacuated to 2/5 Australian General Hospital with Not Yet Determined (N.Y.D.) ? malaria.
01/07/1943 Granted proficiency pay.
18/07/1943 Discharged 2/5 Australian General Hospital with malaria (malignant tertian) to 1 Australian Corps Reception Camp.
20/07/1943 Taken on strength 2/4 Anti Aircraft Battery from 1 Australian Corps Reception Camp.
25/07/1943 Evacuated to 2/5 Australian General Hospital (post malaria debility eczematous rash legs bullous impetigo) and transferred to X list.
18/08/1943 Evacuated from 2/5 Australian General Hospital to 113 Australian Convalescent Depot.
17/09/1943 Evacuated from 113 Australian Convalescent Depot to 47 Australian Camp Hospital with dysentery (bacterial exudate).
03/10/1943 Discharged 47 Australian Camp Hospital to New Guinea Details Depot.
21/10/1943 Taken on strength 2/4 Anti Aircraft Battery from New Guinea Details Depot.
21/10/1943 Transferred to 2/1 Australian Comp. Anti Aircraft Regiment.
21/10/1943 Taken on strength from 2/2 Australian Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiment.
27/02/1944 Evacuated to 2/3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station with malaria (benign tertian and malignant tertian) and transferred to X list.
28/02/1944 Evacuated from 2/3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station to 106 Australian Casualty Clearing Station.
12/03/1944 Discharged 106 Australian Casualty Clearing Station to 5 Division Reception Camp.
23/05/1944 Embarked Finschafen, New Guinea on U.S.A.T. Klipfontein.
29/05/1944 Disembarked Brisbane, Queensland.
09/08/1944 Evacuated to Australian Camp Hospital with malaria.
14/08/1944 Discharged to Australian Camp Hospital with Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (U.R.T.I.).
05/09/1944 Transferred to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Queensland Lines of Communication area.
14/09/1944 Taken on strength 2/2 Australian Pioneer Battalion.
14/03/1945 Embarked Cairns, Queensland on U.S.A.T. Sea Barb.
28/03/1945 Disembarked Morotai.
09/04/1945 Evacuated to 2/12 Australian Field Ambulance with Coryza.
15/04/1945 Discharged from 2/12 Australian Field Ambulance to unit.
28/04/1945 Embarked Morotai to Tarakan.
18/05/1945 Embarked Tarakan to Morotai.
07/08/1945 Emplaned Balikpapan.
07/08/1945 Deplaned Morotai.
08/08/1945 Emplaned Morotai for mainland (compassionate leave).
09/08/1945 Deplaned Brisbane, Queensland.
07/09/1945 Transferred to General Details Depot, Victoria holding strength pending discharge.
17/09/1945 Discharged.