Soldier profiles

Name : GRANT, BASIL ROY
Service Number : VX58017
Date of Birth : 16/07/1921
Place of Birth : BRUNSWICK, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : LABOURER
Date of Enlistment : 19/06/1941
Locality on Enlistment : VERMONT, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : GRANT, ALPINE
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 : 11/12/1945
Date Died : 13/01/1992
Age at Death : 70
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-0034 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6110871 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 948kB)

Background : Son of Alpine Grant. Repatriated to Australia on the M.V. Highland Brigade.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 8 inches, green eyes, fair complexion, brown hair. Marital status : single. Marks / scars : small scattered circular scars of boils right forearm and 2 on lumbar region, 2 small scars front of both knees. Full time war service : A.I.F. 19/06/1941 to 11/12/1945 which included 1637 days active service (51 days within Australia & 1450 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East and Java areas (embarked from Australia 02/11/1941, disembarked in Australia 21/10/1945). War badge no. 216073. Discharge certificate no. 475967.

Service record
19/06/1941 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Royal Park, Victoria.
21/06/1941 Granted leave without pay 21/06/1941 to 27/06/1941.
28/06/1941 Rejoined unit from leave without pay.
02/07/1941 Transferred to Engineering Training Depot (Pioneer Wing) Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
02/07/1941 Transferred to Engineering Training Depot (Pioneer Wing) Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria from Recruit Reception Depot.
08/07/1941 Posted to 4 Reinforcements 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
21/08/1941 Attached from Engineering Training Depot Bonegilla, Victoria to 6 Training Battalion Darley Camp, Victoria for rations and accommodation.
21/08/1941 Detached to Headquarters 6 Training Battalion Darley Camp, Victoria.
25/08/1941 Attached from Engineering Training Depot Bonegilla, Victoria to 6 Training Battalion.
15/10/1941 Returned to Engineering Training Depot.
15/10/1941 Rejoined unit from 6 Training Battalion.
15/10/1941 Graded Concretor Group III.
27/10/1941 Posted to Reinforcements 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
02/11/1941 Embarked on H.M.S. Queen Mary (H.M.T. L.L.) Convoy no. 13.
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 Australian Imperial Forces.
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.
14/07/1942 Reported missing in action believed prisoner of war.
18/09/1943 Reported prisoner of war.
22/12/1943 Reported interned Thailand 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.
03/12/1945 Admitted 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria.
04/12/1945 Admitted 50 Australian Convalescent Hospital ex 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria.
10/12/1945 Marched out to Australian Military Forces Discharge Depot.
11/12/1945 Discharged.