Soldier profiles

Name : TREGEA, PERCY JOSEPH
Service Number : VX61032
Date of Birth : 27/06/1919
Place of Birth : COBDEN, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : FARMHAND
Date of Enlistment : 05/08/1941
Locality on Enlistment : PORT CAMPBELL, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : TREGEA, P
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 : 25/03/1946
Date Died : 03/06/1983
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
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0087 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6133694 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 598kB), Past article (size 36kB), Past article (size 152kB)

Background : Repatriated to Australia on M.V. Highland Chieftain. Passed away at Mount Gambier Hospital.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 9 inches, brown eyes, fair complexion, fair hair. Marital status : single. . Full time war service : A.I.F. 05/08/1941 to 25/03/1946 which included 1694 days active service (165 days within Australia & 1440 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East & Java areas (embarked from Australia 02/11/1941, disembarked in Australia 11/10/1945). War badge no. 241879. Discharge certificate no. 500060.

Service record
05/08/1941 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Royal Park, Victoria.
08/08/1941 Granted leave without pay 08/08/1941 to 17/08/1941.
17/08/1941 Rejoined unit from leave without pay (9 days).
27/08/1941 Transferred to Engineering Training Depot Bonegilla, Victoria.
28/08/1941 Transferred from Recruit Reception Depot Royal Park, Victoria.
27/10/1941 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Reinforcements Bonegilla, Victoria.
02/11/1941 Embarked Sydney, New South Wales on 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 2/2 Pioneer Battalion 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.
20/11/1942 Reported missing in action believed prisoner of war.
04/11/1943 Reported prisoner of war.
22/12/1943 Reported interned Thailand camp.
15/08/1945 Granted proficiency pay.
13/10/1945 Marched in from New South Wales Lines of Communication area to Watsonia, Victoria.
08/11/1945 Admitted Civil hospital Camperdown with malaria.
16/11/1945 Discharged.
18/01/1946 Discharged to 2/2 Australian General Hospital (Amoebiasis).
18/01/1946 Admitted from 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria.
16/02/1946 Admitted 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria with upper abdomen pains for investigation.
19/02/1946 Discharged to leave.
28/02/1946 Marched in ex leave from 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria.
28/02/1946 Discharged to General Details Depot Prisoner of War (Amoebiasis).
22/03/1946 Marched out from General Details Depot Royal Park, Victoria to Australian Military Forces Discharge Depot.
22/03/1946 Marched in for discharge ex Leave and Transit Depot.
25/03/1946 Discharged.