Soldier profiles

Name : SIPTHORPE, ALBERT AMOS
Service Number : VX22553
Date of Birth : 29/01/1904
Place of Birth : ARMADALE, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : GARDENER
Date of Enlistment : 05/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : MALVERN, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : SIPTHORPE, FLORANE
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 : 18/12/1945
Date Died : 13/01/1972
Age at Death : 67
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-0079 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6208954 [DIGITISED], Barcode 32337720 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 948kB), Past article (size 598kB), Past article (size 888kB), AWM_REL/11885.jpg

Background : Service at Springvale Crematorium.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 9 inches, blue eyes, medium complexion, brown hair. Marital status : single. Marks / scars : left cheek scar. Full time war service : A.I.F. 05/06/1940 to 18/12/1945 which included 2023 days active service (68 days within Australia & 1649 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East and Java areas (embarked from Australia 07/04/1941, disembarked in Australia 11/10/1945). War badge no. 216960. Discharge certificate no. 479181.

Service record
05/06/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
07/06/1940 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
07/04/1941 Embarked Sydney, New South Wales on H.M.S. Queen Mary (H.M.T. N.N.).
03/05/1941 Disembarked Middle East.
01/07/1941 Evacuated to 7 Australian General Hospital with scabies and transferred to X list.
10/07/1941 Evacuated from 7 Australian General Hospital to 1 Australian Convalescent Depot.
28/07/1941 Discharged 1 Australian Convalescent Depot and transferred to Pioneer Training Battalion.
28/07/1941 Marched in.
04/08/1941 Marched out to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
05/08/1941 Taken on strength from Pioneer Training Battalion.
04/09/1941 Evacuated to 2/3 Casualty Clearing Station with XXXX sores.
22/09/1941 Evacuated from 2/3 Casualty Clearing Station to 1 Australian Corps Rest Station.
29/09/1941 Discharged 1 Australian Corps Rest Station to unit.
29/09/1941 Rejoined unit from 1 Australian Corps Rest Station.
04/10/1941 Evacuated to 7 Australian General Hospital with scabies and transferred to X list.
10/11/1941 Discharged 7 Australian General Hospital and transferred to Pioneer Training Battalion Australian Imperial Forces.
10/11/1941 Marched in ex 7 Australian General Hospital.
18/12/1941 Marched out to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
20/12/1941 Taken on strength from Pioneer Training Battalion Australian Imperial Forces.
31/01/1942 Embarked Middle East on S.S. Orcades.
18/02/1942 Disembarked Batavia, Java.
07/03/1942 Reported missing in action, Java.
30/04/1942 Reported missing in action, Java and transferred to X list.
19/08/1942 Reported missing in action believed prisoner of war.
28/07/1943 Reported prisoner of war, Java.
15/08/1945 Granted proficiency pay.
24/09/1945 Embarked Singapore on M.V. Highland Chieftain.
11/10/1945 Disembarked Sydney, New South Wales.
13/10/1945 Marched into Watsonia, Victoria from General Details Depot New South Wales Lines of Communication area.
17/12/1945 Marched out to Australian Military Forces Discharge Depot.
18/12/1945 Discharged.