Soldier profiles
Name : FITCHES, ANDREW JOHN
Service Number : 31303 (VX23564)
Date of Birth : 13/07/1914
Place of Birth : COLLINGWOOD, VIC
Known as : ANDY
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 06/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : SOUTH YARRA, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : WATCH-MOORE, BERYL
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : CORPORAL
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 : 02/01/1946
Date Died : 01/02/1974
Age at Death : 59
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-0028 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6117509 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 1033047 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 364kB), Past article (size 397kB), J_DAVIDSON_13.jpg
Background : Repatriated to Australia on Circassia.
