Soldier profiles
Name : BELCHAMBERS, PERCY GEORGE
Service Number : VX21630
Date of Birth : 13/09/1900
Place of Birth : DARTFORD, ENGLAND
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 06/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : WON WRON, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : BELCHAMBERS, T
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 : 29/11/1945
Date Died : 12/05/1955
Age at Death : 54
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : SPRINGVALE BOTANICAL CEMETERY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. CHURCH OF ENGLAND, MONUMENTAL, COMPARTMENT O, SECTION 11, GRAVE 17.
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
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : SINGAPORE
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0007 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6216218 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 729kB), Death notice (The Argus 13/05/1955), Funeral notice (The Argus 13/05/1955)
Background : Repatriated from Singapore to Australia on the hospital ship S.S. Oranje. Husband of Thelma Irene. Father of Ronald and John. Brother of Lucy. Funeral was on 13/05/1955.
