Soldier profiles
Name : HOCK, LAWRENCE JAMES
Service Number : VX56918
Date of Birth : 16/12/1920
Place of Birth : UNKNOWN
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 29/05/1941
Locality on Enlistment : UNKNOWN
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : BARKE, IRENE
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) : ROYAL MELBOURNE REGIMENT THEN 2/2 PIONEERS
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 15/11/1945
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) : SHIBAURA DENKI (JAPAN), TOKYO (JAPAN)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : JAPAN
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0041 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6123452 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 478913 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_P00192.001.jpg, AWM_PR83/119
Background : Arrived in Japan September 1944 aboard hellship Kibitsu Maru (survivor rescued by Japanese after hellship Rakuyo Maru sinking). Part of the Kawasaki group. Author of Return To Freedom. AWM has (id PR83/119) service papers & diaries relating to Pte Hock's arrival in Egypt, expected return to Australia, capture in Java & eventual P.O.W. experience under the Japanese.
