Soldier profiles
Name : BLACK, HAMILTON
Service Number : VX23608
Date of Birth : 27/12/1905
Place of Birth : SCOTLAND
Known as : HAMMY
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 19/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : KYABRAM, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : BLACK, ELEANOR
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : STAFF SERGEANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : HEADQUARTERS (SYRIA), RECORDS SERGEANT (JAVA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions : DAMOUR (SYRIA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 10/12/1945
Date Died : ??/??/1964
Age at Death : 59?
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-0008 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6227681 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_117837.jpg, N.S.W. 2/1 and 2/2 Pioneer News 01/07/1965 p2
Background : Repatriated to Australia on the M.V. Highland Brigade. Passed away in 1964 at Kyabram, Victoria.
