Soldier profiles
Name : WILLIAMS, JOHN
Service Number : VX61905
Date of Birth : 28/02/1920
Place of Birth : CARLTON, VIC
Known as : JACK
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 18/08/1941
Locality on Enlistment : COLLINGWOOD, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : WILLIAMS, JOHN
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 : 08/07/1946
Date Died : 14/05/2005
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) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0093 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6122831 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 1033779 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 368kB), C_HAMLEY_1.jpg, C_HAMLEY_2.jpg
Background : Repatriated to Australia on S.S. Tamaroa as was Bob Sproull (2/5 Hygiene Section of A.A.S.C.). Jack and Bob met at the 55 Kilo Hospital camp run by Albert Coates. They were friends for the rest of Jack's life. Jean Williams and Bob still keep in touch, mostly by phone these days. And, as it has turned out, Bob Sproull is Ann Holland's (daughter of Mac Gregson) son-in-law's granddad.
