Soldier profiles

Name : GRUMLEY, EDWARD THOMAS
Service Number : VX55859
Date of Birth : 29/06/1901
Place of Birth : BRISBANE, QLD
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : TIMBER WORKER
Date of Enlistment : 15/05/1941
Locality on Enlistment : MOAMA, NSW
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : GRUMLEY, GEORGINA
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 : 12/12/1945
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-0035 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6116667 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 579kB)

Background : Husband of Georgina. Repatriated to Australia on Moreton Bay.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : married. 5 years as Private with 38 Battalion military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 9.5 inches, grey eyes, fair complexion, brown hair. Marital status : married. Dependent children : 3 under 16 years old, 1 16 years & older. Marks / scars : none. Full time war service : A.I.F. 15/05/1941 to 12/12/1945 which included 1673 days active service (42 days within Australia & 1520 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East & Java areas (embarked from Australia 03/09/1941, disembarked in Australia 31/10/1945). War badge no. 216434. Discharge certificate no. 477222.

Service record
15/05/1941 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Royal Park, Victoria.
17/05/1941 Granted leave without pay 17/05/1941 to 21/05/1941 inclusive.
22/05/1941 Rejoined unit from leave.
28/05/1941 Transferred to Engineering Training Depot Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
29/05/1941 Transferred from Recruit Reception Depot Royal Park, Victoria.
23/06/1941 Transferred to Pioneer Wing Engineering Training Depot Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
08/07/1941 Posted to 3rd Reinforcements 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
22/08/1941 Promoted to acting Corporal.
03/09/1941 Embarked Sydney, New South Wales on H.M.T. G.G.
23/09/1941 Disembarked Middle East.
26/09/1941 Reverted to Private.
30/09/1941 Appointed Lance Corporal.
16/10/1941 Promoted to acting Corporal.
21/01/1942 Marched out to 2/2 Australian Pioneer Battalion.
21/01/1942 Taken on strength from Pioneer Training Battalion Australian Imperial Forces.
21/01/1942 Reverted to Private.
31/01/1942 Embarked Middle East on S.S. Orcades.
18/02/1942 Disembarked Batavia, Java.
07/03/1942 Reported missing in action, Java.
30/04/1942 Reported missing in action, Java and transferred to X list.
03/11/1942 Reported missing in action believed prisoner of war.
15/06/1943 A?cc wounded whilst prisoner of war interned Thailand camp.
04/11/1943 Reported prisoner of war.
10/12/1943 Reported interned Thailand camp and transferred to Thailand camp.
22/12/1943 Reported interned Thailand camp.
01/09/1945 Now reported recovered from enemy. Place not stated.