Soldier profiles
Name : TOPFER, GEORGE HENRY GILBERT
Service Number : VX14692
Date of Birth : 24/08/1914
Place of Birth : LISMORE, NSW
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 10/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : GLEN IRIS, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : TOPFER, MINNIE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : LIEUTENANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : HEADQUARTERS COMPANY (SYRIA), 11 PLATOON D COMPANY, KITCHEN OFFICER (BICYCLE CAMP, JAVA), D COMPANY (AUSTRALIA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) : APPOINTED LIEUTENANT FROM SERGEANT (JAVA)
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions : BALATE RIDGE (SYRIA), TJILILITAN (JAVA), TJAMPEA (JAVA), LLEWILIANG (JAVA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 18/01/1946
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) : BICYCLE (JAVA), MOULMEIN (BURMA)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0087 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6220215 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_P01613.001.jpg, Past article (size 579kB), L_BOROMEO_4.jpg, L_BOROMEO_5.jpg
Background : Knew VX23638 Edward Francis Buerckner (2/2 Pioneer). Repatriated to Australia on Moreton Bay. Daughter born 28/06/1948 (Argus 06/07/1948).
