Soldier profiles

Name : STOCKTON, FRANK
Service Number : VX56461
Date of Birth : 04/07/1923
Place of Birth : FRANKSTON, VIC
Known as : FRANK
Occupation on Enlistment : BREAD CARTER
Date of Enlistment : 22/05/1941
Locality on Enlistment : TYABB, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : STOCKTON, HERBERT
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 : 29/11/1945
Date Died : 01/07/1987
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) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : THAILAND, NIIHAMA (JAPAN)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : JAPAN
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0083 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6117963 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 1568kB), Past article (size 43kB)

Background : Son of Herbert Stockton. Brother of VX56469 Thomas Herbert Stockton (2/2 Pioneer). He joined as Tom's twin with his birth date recorded as 01/05/1921 in order to enlist as he was underage. Recovered from Niihama Camp in Japan 12/09/1945.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 7 inches, blue eyes, fair complexion, fair hair. Marital status : single. Marks / scars : scar inner aspect left ankle, scar left hip, scar left calf, scar right leg, neck. Full time war service : A.I.F. 22/05/1941 to 29/11/1945 which included 1653 days active service (50 days within Australia & 1499 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East & Java areas (embarked from Australia 03/09/1941, disembarked in Australia 10/10/1945). War badge no. 259054. Discharge certificate no. 309074.

Service record
22/05/1941 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Royal Park, Victoria.
27/05/1941 Granted leave without pay 27/05/1941 to 02/06/1941 inclusive.
03/06/1941 Rejoined unit from leave without pay.
11/06/1941 Transferred to Engineering Training Depot.
12/06/1941 Transferred from Recruit Reception Depot Royal Park, Victoria to Engineering Training Depot Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
14/06/1941 Evacuated to 107 Australian General Hospital Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
14/06/1941 Admitted 107 Australian General Hospital Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria with myositis.
20/06/1941 Discharged fit to unit.
20/06/1941 Rejoined unit from 107 Australian General Hospital Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
23/06/1941 Transferred to Pioneer Wing Engineering Training Depot Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria (Pioneer Training Battalion).
08/07/1941 Posted to 3rd Reinforcements 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
03/09/1941 Embarked Sydney, New South Wales on H.M.T. G.G.
23/09/1941 Disembarked Middle East.
10/11/1941 Marched out to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
12/11/1941 Taken on strength 2/2 Pioneer Battalion from Pioneer Training Battalion.
15/12/1941 Evacuated to 2/1 Field Ambulance Main Dressing Station with coryza and transferred to X list.
18/12/1941 Discharged from 2/1 Field Ambulance Main Dressing Station and returned to unit.
18/12/1941 Rejoined unit from 2/1 Field Ambulance Main Dressing Station and struck off X list.
31/01/1942 Embarked Middle East on S.S. Orcades.
18/02/1942 Disembarked Batavia, Java.
07/03/1942 Reported missing in action.
30/04/1942 Reported missing in action, Java and transferred to X list.
14/08/1942 Reported missing in action believed prisoner of war.
28/07/1943 Reported interned in prisoner of war camp (Java).
15/08/1945 Granted proficiency pay.
11/10/1945 Admitted 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria.
13/10/1945 Discharged from 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria to General Details Depot Victoria Lines of Communication area.
13/10/1945 Marched into General Details Depot Watsonia, Victoria from 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria.
19/11/1945 Admitted 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria with hookworm.
20/11/1945 Evacuated from 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria to 50 Australian Convalescent Hospital.
20/11/1945 Admitted 50 Australian Convalescent Hospital.
22/11/1945 Discharged from 50 Australian Convalescent Hospital to General Details Depot.
22/11/1945 Marched into General Details Depot from 50 Australian Convalescent Hospital.
23/11/1945 Marched out from General Details Depot to Discharge Depot.
26/11/1945 Marched into Discharge Depot, Victoria ex Leave and Transit Depot, Victoria.
29/11/1945 Discharged.