Soldier profiles
Name : JONES, ALBERT ANZAC LEWIS
Service Number : VX61751
Date of Birth : 25/04/1922
Place of Birth : MILDURA, VIC
Known as : ACK ACK
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 14/08/1941
Locality on Enlistment : SOUTH MELBOURNE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : JONES, IVOR
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 : 11/04/1946
Date Died : 11/03/2008
Age at Death : 85
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) : INDO/CHINA
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0046 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6122880 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 1033234 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 225kB), Past article (size 598kB), Herald Sun Death Notice 13/03/2008, 2/2 Pioneers Newsletter 03/2008 p2
Background : Repatriated to Australia on M.V. Highland Chieftain.
