Soldier profiles
Name : RODIE, ARTHUR FINLAYSON DOUGLAS
Service Number : 2143151 (VX28701)
Date of Birth : 27/09/1905
Place of Birth : NAPIER, NEW ZEALAND
Known as : BILL
Occupation on Enlistment : NEWS EDITOR SYDNEY DAILY NEWS
Date of Enlistment : 19/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : POTTS POINT
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : RODIE, V
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : LIEUTENANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : 7 PLATOON C COMPANY
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions : TJILILITAN (JAVA), TJAMPEA (JAVA), LLEWILIANG (JAVA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 29/04/1946
Date Died : 21/10/1964
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) : BICYCLE (JAVA)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0075 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 447055 [OPEN], Barcode 6462956 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_P01613.001.jpg, Past article (size 368kB), Past article (size 589kB), Sydney Morning Herald Death Notice 22/10/1964
Background : Repatriated to Australia on S.S. Tamaroa.
