Soldier profiles
Name : ELSE, JOHN ERIC
Service Number : VX12401
Date of Birth : 30/03/1920
Place of Birth : ROMSEY, VIC
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Date of Enlistment : 18/04/1940
Locality on Enlistment : MENTONE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : ELSE, JAMES
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) :
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Discharged : 07/03/1941
Date Died : 07/02/1999
Age at Death : 78
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : SPRINGVALE BOTANICAL CEMETERY, MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, 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) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6211577 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Past article (size 819kB), Past article (size 729kB)
Background : Son of Nora and James (died in 1944). His father was a water diviner. Father of James, Sydney, Margaret (A.W.A.S.), Jessie, Leslie (A.I.F. retired), and John (A.I.F., P.O.W., Malaya). Date of service 10/02/1999. Cremated remains scattered at Springvale Botanical Cemetery.
