Soldier profiles
Name : FOREMAN, BENJAMIN HENRY
Service Number : VX54861
Date of Birth : 20/01/1909
Place of Birth : FOOTSCRAY, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 05/05/1941
Locality on Enlistment : THORNBURY, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : FOREMAN, FRANCES
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 : 27/02/1946
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) : MOULMEIN (BURMA)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0029 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6129759 [DIGITISED], Barcode 1033102 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_117358.jpg, Past article (size 579kB)
Background : Repatriated to Australia on Moreton Bay.
