Soldier profiles
Name : CARROLL, GEORGE PATRICK
Service Number : VX59998
Date of Birth : 16/03/1921
Place of Birth : CAMBELLTOWN, TAS
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 22/07/1941
Locality on Enlistment : TOWONG, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : WHEELER, C
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 : 04/12/1945
Date Died : 03/03/2010
Age at Death : 88
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) : KAWASAKI 14 (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-0014 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6113670 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 478858 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 432kB), AWM_019202.jpg, Sydney Morning Herald Death Notice 06/03/2010, Daily Telegraph (Sydney) Death Notice 06/03/2010
Background : Arrived in Japan September 1944 aboard hellship Kibitsu Maru (survivor rescued by Japanese after hellship Rakuyo Maru sinking). Part of the Kawasaki group. Repatriated to Australia on the H.M.S. Formidable.
