Soldier profiles
Name : WINNING, RONALD FRANCIS HAROLD
Service Number : VX15665
Date of Birth : 14/05/1912
Place of Birth : VAUCLUSE, NSW
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 17/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : BRIGHTON, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : WINNING, MARIE
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. C COMPANY (SYRIA), O.I.C. A COMPANY (SYRIA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions : FORT MERDJAYOUN (SYRIA), MAZRAAT ED DAHR (SYRIA), TJILILITAN AERODROME (JAVA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 21/12/1945
Date Died : ??/11/1996
Age at Death : 84
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), THANBYUZAYAT (BURMA), THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0094 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6220063 [OPEN], Barcode 479147 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_021630.jpg, AWM_021631.jpg, AWM_P01613.001.jpg, Past article (size 364kB), Past article (size 214kB), Past article (size 216kB), Past article (size 346kB)
Background : Tortured 26/05/1942 onwards and returned to Battalion 24/06/1942. Attached to Black Force as adjutant 26/10/1942. Repatriated to Australia on Circassia. Died in November 1996.
