Soldier profiles
Name : HORE, PHILIP MERVYN
Service Number : VX15722
Date of Birth : 06/02/1906
Place of Birth : GEELONG, VIC
Known as : MERVYN
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 03/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : SOUTH YARRA, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : HORE, ALICE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : WARRANT OFFICER CLASS 2
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : BANDMASTER (AUSTRALIA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 19/12/1945
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) : 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 6203560 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Past article (size 131kB), K_FRASER_2.jpg, M_BRODIE_1.jpg, Past article (size 277kB)
Background : Husband of Alice. Mervyn was in the band and later Band Master in the 2/2nd Pioneers. He was a highly accomplished musician and a champion cornet and trumpet player.
