Soldier profiles

Name : TAYLOR, ATHOL
Service Number : VX43634
Date of Birth : 01/09/1919
Place of Birth : CARLTON, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : BISCUIT MAKER
Date of Enlistment : 02/07/1940
Locality on Enlistment : NORTH MELBOURNE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : BRENNAN, JEAN
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 : 12/04/1946
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) : 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-0085 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6134492 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, NAOA_VX43634-P.jpg

Background : Brother? of VX43636 TAYLOR, HAROLD (2/2 Pioneer). Brother of Jean Brennan of North Melbourne, Victoria. At enlistment : single. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 7.5 inches, blue eyes, auburn hair, fair complexion. Marital status : single. Marks / scars : tattoos left arm (heart and wreath around "Mum" in centre). Full time war service : A.I.F. (02/07/1940 to 12/04/1946) which included 2111 days active service (172 days within Australia & 1660 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East and Java area, embarked from Australia 07/04/1941, disembarked in Australia 22/10/1945. War badge no. 290513. Discharge certificate no. 506099.

Service record
02/07/1940 Taken on strength by R.R.D.
10/07/1940 Transferred to 11 Australian Infantry Forces Depot, Mt. Martha, Victoria.
27/08/1940 Transferred to 3 Engineering Training Depot, Dandenong, Victoria.
20/09/1940 Transferred to 2/2 Pioneer Training Battalion, Hamilton, Victoria.
30/10/1940 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion, Puckapunyal Camp, Seymour, Victoria.
07/04/1941 Embarked Sydney, New South Wales on H.M.S. Queen Mary (H.M.T. N.N.).
04/05/1941 Disembarked at Port Tewfik, Suez.
31/01/1942 Embarked Middle East on H.M.T. Orcades.
18/02/1942 Disembarked at Batavia, Java.
07/03/1942 Reported missing in action then missing believed prisoner of war Java.
13/12/1943 Reported interned in Thailand P.O.W. camp.
06/10/1945 Embarked Singapore on M.V. Highland Brigade.
21/10/1945 Disembarked at Melbourne, Victoria.
21/10/1945 Admitted 115 (Heidelberg) Military Hospital, Melbourne.
12/11/1945 Discharged to 124 Australian General Hospital.
17/11/1945 Discharged to General Details Depot, Watsonia.
10/12/1945 Admitted 115 (Heidelberg) Military Hospital (hookworm).
10/01/1946 Marched in from 2/2 Australian General Hospital to General Details Depot.
31/01/1946 Admitted 115 (Heidelberg) Military Hospital (eye problem).
30/03/1946 Marched in to General Details Depot.
04/04/1946 Marched out to Australian Military Forces Discharge Depot.
12/04/1946 Discharged.