Soldier profiles
Name : TREWIN, RICHARD LLOYD
Service Number : VX34519
Date of Birth : 26/03/1918
Place of Birth : BENALLA, VIC
Known as : LLOYD
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 26/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : GOORAMBAT, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : TREWIN, P
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : CORPORAL
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 : 03/01/1946
Date Died : 03/05/1980
Age at Death : 62
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : BENALLA CEMETERY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. PORTION LAWN G9.
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) : SENRYU 24 (JAPAN), FUKUOKA (JAPAN)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : JAPAN
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0087 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6129300 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 479022 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_REL/01823.jpg, Past article (size 432kB), Past article (size 265kB), Past article (size 958kB), Headstone
Background : 15/12/1944 boarded hellship Awa Maru at Singapore. 26/12/1944 sailed in convoy up China Coast and across to Moji, Japan. Arrived in Japan 16/01/1945 aboard hellship Awa Maru. Repatriated to Australia on the H.M.S. Formidable. Married 10/01/1946 to Lucy Jean (died 17/08/2002 aged 82 - buried Benalla Cemetery Lawn Section G Plot 9) in Kew, Melbourne by Frank Kellow (2/2 Pioneer padre).
