Soldier profiles

Name : JACKSON, GEORGE SAMUEL
Service Number : VX23093
Date of Birth : 11/09/1921
Place of Birth : ORBOST, VIC
Known as : GEORGE
Occupation on Enlistment : SALESMAN
Date of Enlistment : 06/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : SALE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : JACKSON, G
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 : 20/12/1945
Date Died : N/A
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) : FUKUOKA (JAPAN)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : YES
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0045 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6227761 [DIGITISED], Barcode 1033218 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, J_DAVIDSON_13.jpg

Background : Son of George F. Jackson.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. Serving member 37 Battalion. At discharge : height 5 feet 8 inches, brown eyes, dark complexion, black hair. Marital status : married. Dependent children : 1 under 16 years old & 1 16 years & older. Marks / scars : tattoo left forearm . Full time war service : A.I.F. 06/06/1940 to 20/12/1945 which included 2024 days active service (63 days within Australia & 1656 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East & Java areas (embarked from Australia 07/04/1941, disembarked in Australia 18/10/1945). War badge no. 275436. Discharge certificate no. 479449.

Service record
06/06/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
09/06/1940 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
08/04/1941 Embarked Sydney, New South Wales on H.M.S. Queen Mary (H.M.T. N.N.).
03/05/1941 Disembarked Middle East.
29/05/1941 Evacuated to 1 Australian General Hospital with ? appendicitis and transferred to X list.
10/06/1941 Evacuated from 1 Australian General Hospital to 1 Australian Convalescent Depot (recovering appendicitis).
23/06/1941 Discharged 1 Australian Convalescent Depot and transferred to Pioneer Training Battalion Australian Imperial Forces, Middle East.
23/06/1941 Marched in Pioneer Training Battalion.
26/06/1941 Graded Group II Carpenter.
29/06/1941 Marched out to Signals Training Battalion Australian Imperial Forces, Middle East.
29/06/1941 Marched into Signals Training Battalion.
09/08/1941 Marched out to Pioneer Training Battalion Middle East.
09/08/1941 Marched into Pioneer Training Battalion.
14/08/1941 Marched out to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Middle East.
15/08/1941 Taken on strength from Pioneer Training Battalion.
20/09/1941 Evacuated to 2/3 Casualty Clearing Station with Sandfly fever.
24/09/1941 Evacuated from 2/3 Casualty Clearing Station to 1 Australian Corps Rest Station.
27/09/1941 Discharged 1 Australian Corps Rest Station to unit.
27/09/1941 Rejoined unit from 1 Australian Corps Rest Station Middle East.
29/09/1941 Relinquished Group II Carpenter.
30/09/1941 Evacuated to 2/3 Casualty Clearing Station Middle East with otitis media.
04/10/1941 Discharged 2/3 Casualty Clearing Station and returned to unit.
04/10/1941 Rejoined unit from 2/3 Casualty Clearing Station.
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.
30/04/1942 Reported missing in action believed prisoner of war.
21/01/1944 Reported prisoner of war.
12/10/1945 Embarked Singapore.
18/10/1945 Admitted 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria (investigation).
09/11/1945 Discharged to unit via General Details Depot, Victoria.
18/12/1945 Marched out to Australian Military Forces Discharge Depot.
20/12/1945 Discharged.