Soldier profiles

Name : SMITH, LEONARD ROY
Service Number : VX57666
Date of Birth : 18/10/1913
Place of Birth : MILDURA, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : MECHANIC
Date of Enlistment : 13/06/1941
Locality on Enlistment : IRYMPLE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : SMITH, IRENE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/10 FIELD WORKSHOP
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 17/12/1945
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) : MALAYA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : MALAYA
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial A-MALAYA-14153TO14180 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6123596 [DIGITISED], Barcode 1033698 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial

Background : Brother of Percy Charles Smith (2/2 Pioneer).

Service & personal summary At enlistment : married. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 4 inches, blue eyes, medium complexion, dark hair. Marital status : married. Dependent children : 2 under 16 years old, 1 16 years & older. Full time war service : A.I.F. 13/06/1941 to 17/12/1945 which included 1649 days active service (57 days within Australia & 1381 days overseas). Operational service : Malaya area (embarked from Australia 10/01/1942, disembarked in Australia 21/10/1945). War badge no. 108669. Discharge certificate no. 478951.

Service record
13/06/1941 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Royal Park, Victoria.
18/06/1941 Granted leave without pay 18/06/1941 to 24/06/1941.
25/06/1941 Rejoined unit from leave without pay.
02/07/1941 Transferred to Engineering Training Depot Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
02/07/1941 Transferred from Recruit Reception Depot Royal Park, Victoria.
08/07/1941 Posted to 4 Reinforcements 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
20/09/1941 Evacuated to 106 Australian General Hospital Bonegilla, Victoria.
20/09/1941 Admitted 106 Australian General Hospital with mumps.
22/09/1941 Graded Group III Driver Mechanic.
02/10/1941 Rejoined unit from 106 Australian General Hospital Bonegilla, Victoria.
02/10/1941 Discharged to unit.
10/10/1941 Group III Motor Trade Mechanic Bendigo, Victoria.
10/10/1941 Regraded Group II Motor Trade Mechanic.
19/10/1941 Transferred to Australian Army Ordnance Corps Engineering Training Depot.
20/10/1941 Transferred from Engineering Training Depot.
02/01/1942 Posted to 2/10 Ordnance Workshops.
10/01/1942 Embarked Sydney, New South Wales M.S.
26/01/1942 Disembarked Singapore.
16/02/1942 Reported missing in action.
08/12/1943 Interned Thailand camp and transferred to X list.
13/01/1944 Reported prisoner of war Thai camp.
06/10/1945 Embarked Singapore on M.V. Highland Brigade.
21/10/1945 Disembarked Melbourne, Victoria.
21/10/1945 Marched into General Details Depot, Melbourne, Victoria ex M.V. Highland Brigade.
28/11/1945 Discharged to 2/2 Australian General Hospital with Not Yet Determined (N.Y.D.).
28/11/1945 Admitted from 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria with Not Yet Determined (N.Y.D.).
14/12/1945 Marched out to Australian Military Forces Discharge Depot.
17/12/1945 Discharged.