Soldier profiles
Name : CAMPBELL, EDWARD
Service Number : 377317 (VX15145)
Date of Birth : 29/11/1917
Place of Birth : MELBOURNE, VIC
Known as : TED
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 16/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : EAST ST KILDA, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : CAMPBELL, H
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : CAPTAIN
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : O.I.C. 2 ANTI-AIRCRAFT PLATOON (SYRIA), ADJUTANT (JAVA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions : MAZRAAT ED DAHR (SYRIA), TJILILITAN (JAVA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 19/11/1945
Date Died : 03/09/1992
Age at Death : 74
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) : ZENTSUJI (JAPAN), HAKODATE (JAPAN)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : JAPAN
Honours and Gallantry : Mentioned in Despatches (2/2 Pioneer Battalion) for distinguished service in S/W Pacific Area. London Gazette 06/03/1947, page 1093, position 33. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 06/03/1947, page 747, position 78
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0014 Missing & POW Circular, Australian War Memorial Awards Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (NO ENTRY FOUND), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_030390/04.jpg, AWM_030390/16.jpg, AWM_P01613.001.jpg, Past article (size 214kB), Past article (size 216kB), C_HAMLEY_1.jpg, C_HAMLEY_2.jpg, Past article (size 352kB), Past article (size 394kB)
Background : Repatriated to Australia on H.M.S. Ruler.
