Soldier profiles

Name : EASTON, HUGH WALKER
Service Number : VX59988
Date of Birth : 26/10/1901
Place of Birth : EAGLEHAWK, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : LABOURER
Date of Enlistment : 22/07/1941
Locality on Enlistment : SAN REMO, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : EASTON, JANE
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 : 04/12/1945
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-0025 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6113663 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial

Background : Son of Jane A. Easton.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 7.5 inches, grey eyes, fair complexion, brown hair. Marital status : single. Marks / scars : scar outside left calf, left wrist and right thumb. Scar front left shin, left knee. Full time war service : A.I.F. 22/07/1941 to 04/12/1946 which included 1597 days active service (44 days within Australia & 1450 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East & Java area (embarked from Australia 02/11/1941, disembarked in Australia 21/10/1945). War badge no. 102524. Discharge certificate no. 313033.

Service record
22/07/1941 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Royal Park, Victoria.
06/08/1941 Transferred to Engineering Training Depot Bonegilla, Victoria.
07/08/1941 Transferred from Recruit Reception Depot Royal Park, Victoria.
27/10/1941 Posted to Reinforcements 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
02/11/1941 Embarked Sydney, New South Wales H.M.T. L.L. Convoy 13.
24/11/1941 Disembarked Middle East.
21/01/1942 Marched out to 2/2 Australian 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.
01/10/1942 Reported missing in action believed prisoner of war.
04/11/1943 Reported prisoner of war.
22/12/1943 Reported interned in Thailand prisoner of war camp.
15/08/1945 Granted proficiency pay.
06/10/1945 Embarked Singapore on M.V. Highland Brigade.
21/10/1945 Disembarked Melbourne, Victoria.
21/10/1945 Marched into General Details Depot, Victoria ex M.V. Highland Brigade.
03/12/1945 Marched out to Australian Military Forces Discharge Depot, Victoria.
03/12/1945 Marched in Australian Military Forces Discharge Depot, Victoria ex Leave and Transit Depot, Victoria.
04/12/1945 Discharged Royal Park, Victoria.