Soldier profiles

Name : ROBERTS, RAYMOND LLOYD
Service Number : VX47190
Date of Birth : 28/11/1917
Place of Birth : BENDIGO, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : TRUCK DRIVER, PANEL BEATER
Date of Enlistment : 01/08/1940
Locality on Enlistment : PASCOE VALE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : ROBERTS, CHARLOTTE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : CRAFTSMAN
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY TROOPS WORKSHOP
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 29/09/1944
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) : 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 6131461 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial

Background : AWM 054959 photo. Son of Robert Francis.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. Gunner with 38 Regiment, Bendigo previous military experience. At discharge : height 6 feet 0 inches, brown eyes, dark complexion, dark hair. Marital status : single. Full time war service : A.I.F. which included 1272 days active service (571 days within Australia & 701 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East area (embarked from Australia 07/04/1941, disembarked in Australia 07/08/1942. Discharge certificate no. 511067.

Service record
01/08/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
20/09/1940 Transferred to 2/2 Pioneer Training Battalion Hamilton, Victoria from Recruit Reception Depot.
24/01/1941 Transferred to Engineering Training Depot Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
24/01/1941 Transferred from 2/2 Pioneer Training Battalion.
06/03/1941 Transferred to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Balcombe, Mt. Martha, Victoria.
06/03/1941 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion from Southern Command Engineering Training Depot Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
07/04/1941 Embarked Sydney, New South Wales on H.M.S. Queen Mary (H.M.T. N.N.).
03/05/1941 Disembarked Middle East.
24/06/1941 Battle casualty - sick with Not Yet Determined (N.Y.D.).
25/06/1941 Evacuated to 7 Australian General Hospital with anxiety state and pains in back and transferred to X list.
07/08/1941 Evacuated from 7 Australian General Hospital to 1 Australian Convalescent Depot with Not Yet Diagnosed Neurosis (N.Y.D.N.).
12/08/1941 Evacuated from 1 Australian Convalescent Depot to 7 Australian General Hospital with Sandfly fever.
13/09/1941 Discharged from 7 Australian General Hospital and transferred to Pioneer Training Battalion.
13/09/1941 Marched in ex 7 Australian General Hospital.
01/10/1941 Marched out to 2/2 Australian Field Workshop.
01/10/1941 Taken on strength from Pioneer Training Battalion Australian Imperial Forces.
01/10/1941 Graded Group II Panelbeater.
12/03/1942 Embarked Middle East.
29/03/1942 Disembarked Ceylon.
26/05/1942 Relinquished Group II Panelbeater.
29/05/1942 Graded Group I Fitter.
12/08/1942 Granted leave of absence 12/08/1942 to 31/08/1942 in Australia.
19/09/1942 Transferred to 2 A.A.O.W.
23/01/1943 Marched out to Queensland Lines of Communication area.
13/07/1943 Relinquished Group I Fitter Motor Transport.
13/07/1943 Graded Group II Panelbeater.
12/08/1943 Embarked Townsville, Queensland on H.M.T. Duntroon.
14/08/1943 Disembarked Port Moresby, New Guinea.
21/09/1943 Rejoined unit from 2/121 Royal Australian Engineers Workshop.
22/11/1943 Evacuated to 2/5 Australian General Hospital with Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (U.R.T.I.) and transferred to X list.
27/11/1943 Discharged to New Guinea Details Depot.
30/11/1943 Taken on strength 2/2 A.I.T. Workshop.
14/01/1944 Transferred to 2/5 Australian Field Company Royal Australian Engineers.
14/01/1944 Taken on strength from 2/2 A.I.T. Workshop.
02/03/1944 Embarked Port Moresby, New Guinea on S.S. Taroona.
04/03/1944 Disembarked Townsville, Queensland.
20/05/1944 Medical classification assessed Class B (feet). Not fit for marching.
26/06/1944 Transferred to Land Headquarters (D.E.S.) Victoria Lines of Communication area.
26/06/1944 Transferred in from Royal Australian Engineers Training Battalion and posted to G Branch Engineer Stores.
27/07/1944 Medical Class B to B1 (constant - M).
25/09/1944 Transferred out to General Details Depot for discharge.
25/09/1944 Marched in for discharge Royal Park, Victoria.
29/09/1944 Discharged.