Soldier profiles

Name : GLYNN, FRANK WILLIAM
Service Number : NX36904
Date of Birth : 26/09/1919
Place of Birth : HURSTVILLE, NSW
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : STATION HAND
Date of Enlistment : 19/06/1941
Locality on Enlistment : SOUTH HURSTVILLE, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : GLYNN, WALTER
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) : GENERAL DETAILS DEPOT, B INFANTRY TRAINING BRIGADE
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 19/12/1945
Date Died : N/A
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) : JAVA, NIIHAMA (JAPAN)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : JAPAN
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0033 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 4878878 [DIGITISED], Barcode 1028118 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 95kB), AWM_REL/11885.jpg

Background : Son of Walter Glynn, South Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. At discharge : height 5 feet 10 inches, hazel eyes, dark hair, dark complexion. Marital status : single. Marks / scars : small scars inside left leg. Full time war service : A.I.F. (19/06/1941 to 19/12/1945) which included 1645 days active service (72 days within Australia & 1437 days overseas). Operational service : Malaya, embarked from Australia 20/11/1941, disembarked in Australia 08/10/1945. War badge no. A197471. Discharge certificate no. 281914. Patient at 101 Australian Convalescent Depot. Arrived in Japan September 1944 aboard Bioki Maru.

Service record.
19/06/1941 Marched into General Details Depot Sydney, New South Wales.
19/06/1941 Taken on strength 8 Infantry Training Battalion.
20/06/1941 Marched out to 8 Infantry Training Battalion Dubbo, New South Wales.
20/08/1941 Granted pre embarkation leave from 20/08/1941 to 27/08/1941.
01/09/1941 Deleted from roll 120 Australian General Hospital Sydney, New South Wales.
02/11/1941 Embarked from 2/2 Reinforcements at Sydney, New South Wales on H.M.S. Queen Mary (H.M.T. L.L.) Convoy 13.
24/11/1941 Disembarked Middle East.
30/11/1941 Evacuated from Australian Machine Gun Training Battalion to 1 Australian General Hospital with mumps.
17/12/1941 Discharged from 1 Australian General Hospital and marched into camp.
27/01/1942 Marched out to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
27/01/1942 Taken on strength from Australian Machine Gun Training Battalion by 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
31/01/1942 Embarked Middle East on S.S. Orcades.
18/02/1942 Disembarked Batavia, Java.
07/03/1942 Reported missing in action Java and transferred to X list.
30/04/1942 Reported missing in action Java and transferred to X list.
28/07/1943 Reported prisoner of war Java.
16/08/1945 Granted proficiency pay.
12/09/1945 Recovered from Japanese in Japan.
26/09/1945 Taken on holding strength 8 Prisoner of War Recovery Company Manila, Philippines.
08/10/1945 Emplaned Manila, Philippines for Sydney, New South Wales.
12/10/1945 Deplaned Sydney, New South Wales.
12/10/1945 Taken on holding strength General Details Depot New South Wales.
19/12/1945 Discharged at own request on compassionate grounds.

Court martials
Absent Without Leave (AWOL) 0615 18/12/1941 to 0830 20/12/1941. Penalty 24/12/1941 : 3 days loss of pay & fined 2 pounds.
Neglecting to obey camp standing orders 01/01/1942. Penalty 05/01/1942 : fined 2 pounds.
Absent Without Leave (AWOL) 2230 14/01/1942 to 1725 19/01/1942. Penalty 22/01/1942 : 19 days loss of pay, 14 days detention & fined 5 pounds.
Absent Without Leave (AWOL) 1 day. Penalty 27/10/1941 fined 15 pounds.