Soldier profiles
Name : GAZZARD, BRUCE WILFRED
Service Number : QX18058
Date of Birth : 07/12/1920
Place of Birth : NORFOLK ISLAND, NSW
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : STATION HAND
Date of Enlistment : 01/05/1941
Locality on Enlistment : ROMA, QLD
Place of Enlistment : TOOWOOMBA, QLD
Next of Kin : GAZZARD, ALBERT
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 : 23/01/1946
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-0031 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 4494139 [DIGITISED], Barcode 1030851 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 1568kB), AWM_REL/11885.jpg
Background : Arrived in Japan September 1944 aboard Bioki Maru. Recovered from Niihama Camp in Japan 12/09/1945.
