Soldier profiles
Name : SMITH, CHRISTOPHER WALCHUP
Service Number : VX19769
Date of Birth : 24/02/1901
Place of Birth : RUSHWORTH, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 30/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : GOULBURN WEIR, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : SMITH, JESSIE
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 : 29/11/1945
Date Died : 12/12/1960
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) : THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0080 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6204521 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 948kB), Past article (size 368kB), Past article (size 888kB), SLV_an005046.jpg
Background : Repatriated to Australia on S.S. Tamaroa. Died in hospital in Melbourne, Victoria. Buried at Nagambie, Victoria.
