Soldier profiles

Name : BATEMAN, GEORGE
Service Number : NX18818
Date of Birth : 30/11/1913
Place of Birth : ENGLAND
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : LABOURER
Date of Enlistment : 29/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : BINGARA, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : BATEMAN, WILLIAM
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : CORPORAL
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : 14 PLATOON C COMPANY (DAEO, MOROTAI)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) : 2/1 PIONEER BATTALION
Theatres of War : BORNEO
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 18/10/1945
Date Died : 16/04/1959
Age at Death : 45
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : BINGARA GENERAL CEMETERY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. PORTION ANGLICAN, ROW H.
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) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 4901662 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_090595.jpg, Headstone

Background : Husband of Marjorie Jean. Batman to NX12613 Harry Tope (2/2 Pioneer).

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 6 inches, blue eyes, fair complexion, fair hair. Marital status : married. Dependent children : 1 16 years & older. Full time war service : A.I.F. 29/05/1940 to 18/10/1945 which included 1969 days active service (870 days within Australia & 975 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East area (embarked from Australia 30/09/1940, disembarked in Australia 23/05/1942), New Guinea area (embarked from Australia 25/07/1943, disembarked in Australia 10/02/1944), Borneo area (embarked from Australia 16/03/1945, disembarked in Australia 05/09/1945). War badge no. A129405. Discharge certificate no. 246531.

Service record
29/05/1940 Taken on strength 2/1 Pioneer Battalion Greta, New South Wales.
30/09/1940 Embarked Sydney, New South Wales.
02/11/1940 Disembarked Palestine.
29/09/1941 Transferred to Pioneer Training Battalion.
29/09/1941 Marched in ex 2/1 Pioneer Battalion.
26/10/1941 Marched out to Headquarters Section Pioneer Training Battalion.
26/10/1941 Taken on strength ex Reinforcements.
13/03/1942 Embarked Middle East on R.M.S. Laconia.
25/03/1942 Transhipped Bombay, India on H.M.A.S. Katoomba.
30/03/1942 Transhipped Bombay, India on U.S.A.T. Willard A. Holbrook.
23/05/1942 Disembarked 4 Military District (South Australia).
22/06/1942 Taken on strength ex Australian Pioneer Battalion Bathurst, New South Wales.
18/08/1942 Transferred to 2/2 Australia Pioneer Battalion Bathurst, New South Wales (West Australia Lines of Communication area).
20/08/1942 Taken on strength ex Pioneer Training Battalion.
29/01/1943 Entrained 5 Military District (Western Australia) for 3 Military District (Victoria).
12/03/1943 Next of kin now sister : Mrs. I. M. Jessup, 70 Liverpool St, Bankstown, New South Wales.
26/03/1943 Entrained 3 Military District (Victoria) for 1 Military District (Queensland).
01/07/1943 Class proficient and entitled to proficiency pay.
25/07/1943 Embarked Townsville, Queensland on H.M.T. Duntroon.
28/07/1943 Disembarked Port Moresby, New Guinea.
16/12/1943 Appointed paid Lance Corporal.
08/02/1944 Embarked Port Moresby, New Guinea on H.M.A.S. Kanimbla.
10/02/1944 Disembarked Townsville, Queensland.
24/01/1945 Marital condition. Change of. Married wife : Marjory Jean Bateman North Bingara, New South Wales.
16/03/1945 Embarked Cairns, Queensland on U.S.A.T. Sea Barb.
28/03/1945 Disembarked Morotai.
03/04/1945 Promoted to Corporal.
22/04/1945 Embarked Morotai for service in Tarakan.
18/05/1945 Embarked Tarakan for return to Morotai.
22/06/1945 Embarked Morotai for service in Balikpapan, Borneo on L.S.T.
22/08/1945 Transferred to holding strength 1 Australian Base Sub Area Details Depot long service discharge.
23/08/1945 Embarked Balikpapan, Borneo on H.M.A.S. Kanimbla and marched out to General Details Depot, New South Wales for discharge (long service).
04/09/1945 Disembarked Brisbane, Queensland and marched into 1 Australian Personnel Staging Camp.
18/10/1945 Discharged New South Wales on account of demobilization.