Soldier profiles

Name : EVANS, ARTHUR LAWRENCE
Service Number : VX57088
Date of Birth : 22/02/1919
Place of Birth : MALDON, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : WOOD CUTTER
Date of Enlistment : 02/06/1941
Locality on Enlistment : CHRISTMAS HILLS, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : EVANS, MARY
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-0026 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6123476 [DIGITISED], Barcode 1033078 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 948kB), Past article (size 598kB)

Background : Repatriated to Australia on M.V. Highland Chieftain.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : married. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 10 inches, brown eyes, dark complexion, brown hair. Marital status : married. Dependent children : 1 under 16 years old and 1 16 years & older. . Full time war service : A.I.F. 02/06/1941 to 12/12/1945 which included 1655 days active service (62 days within Australia & 1440 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East and Java areas (embarked from Australia 02/11/1941, disembarked in Australia 11/10/1945). War badge no. 216428. Discharge certificate no. 477216.

Service record
02/06/1941 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Royal Park, Victoria.
06/06/1941 Granted leave without pay 06/06/1941 to 12/06/1941.
13/06/1941 Rejoined unit from leave without pay.
18/06/1941 Transferred to Engineering Training Depot (Pioneer Wing) Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
19/06/1941 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 4th Reinforcements 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
02/11/1941 Embarked on H.M.T. L.L. Convoy 13 Sydney, New South Wales.
24/11/1941 Disembarked Middle East.
21/01/1942 Marched out to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
21/01/1942 Taken on strength from Pioneer Training Battalion.
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.
16/12/1942 Reported missing in action believed prisoner of war.
04/11/1943 Reported prisoner of war.
13/12/1943 Reported interned Thailand camp and transferred to Thailand camp.
22/12/1943 Reported interned Thailand camp.
15/08/1945 Granted proficiency pay.
13/10/1945 Marched in from General Details Depot New South Wales Lines of Communication area.
11/12/1945 Marched out to Australian Military Forces Discharge Depot.
11/12/1945 Marched in ex Leave and Transit Depot, Victoria.
11/12/1945 Marched into Australian Military Forces Discharge Depot ex Leave and Transit Depot, Victoria.
12/12/1945 Discharged Royal Park, Victoria.