Soldier profiles
Name : O'BRIEN, THOMAS RAYMOND
Service Number : VX18312
Date of Birth : 14/05/1921
Place of Birth : MORTLAKE, VIC
Known as : TINY, TOMMY
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 28/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : MORTLAKE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : O'BRIEN, J
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 : 13/12/1945
Date Died : 09/12/2000
Age at Death : 79
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) : THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0067 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6204393 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 364kB), J_DAVIDSON_13.jpg
Background : Husband of Margaret. Repatriated to Australia on Circassia. Died in Australia.
