Soldier profiles
Name : RICHARDS, ARTHUR JOSEPH
Service Number : VX55058
Date of Birth : 15/02/1916
Place of Birth : COOTAMUNDRA, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 06/05/1941
Locality on Enlistment : WONTHAGGI, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : RICHARDS, E
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 : 02/08/1946
Date Died : ??/??/1960
Age at Death : 44?
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 : Military Medal (2/2 Pioneer Battalion) for bravery & devotion to duty at Leuwilliang 04/03/1942 presented at Paraliament House, Melbourne, Victoria on 16/03/1949. London Gazette 06/03/1947, page 1090, position 59. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 06/03/1947, page 747, position 61
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0073 Missing & POW Circular, Australian War Memorial Awards Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6119982 [OPEN], Barcode 1033636 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 598kB)
Background : Repatriated to Australia on M.V. Highland Chieftain.
