Soldier profiles
Name : BENFIELD, JOHN MALCOLM
Service Number : VX21632
Date of Birth : 15/08/1917
Place of Birth : LEONGATHA, VIC
Known as : MAX
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 04/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : LEONGATHA, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : BENFIELD, M
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 : 30/11/1945
Date Died : 13/09/1994
Age at Death : 77
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : MILDURA LAWN CEMETERY, 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) : 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-0007 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6216237 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 439kB), Headstone [photo courtesy of C. Judkins], Headstone [photo courtesy of C. Judkins]
Background : Repatriated to Australia on H.M.T. Duntroon.
