Soldier profiles
Name : HAMILTON, KINLEY HENRY
Service Number : WX14111
Date of Birth : 10/12/1916
Place of Birth : KATANNING, WA
Known as : KEN
Occupation on Enlistment : FARMHAND
Date of Enlistment : 11/06/1941
Locality on Enlistment : KATANNING, WA
Place of Enlistment : CLAREMONT, WA
Next of Kin : PEPALL, INA
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 : 20/12/1945
Date Died : 15/07/1961
Age at Death : 44
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : NIPPERING (DUMBLEYUNG) CEMETERY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA.
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) : SYRIA, JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
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-0036 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6469175 [DIGITISED], Barcode 1031962 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 674kB), Past article (size 1504kB)
Background : Brother of Ian. P.O.W. in Syria then released after Vichy french armistice. Repatriated to Australia on M.V. Highland Brigade. Died in Perth.
