Soldier profiles
Name : TOMLIN, GEORGE BERNARD
Service Number : VX20210
Date of Birth : 18/02/1911
Place of Birth : ATHOL, NEW ZEALAND
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 31/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : ORBOST, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : TOMLIN, G
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : C COMPANY (AUSTRALIA), C COMPANY (SYRIA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 25/07/1946
Date Died : 24/10/1956
Age at Death : 45
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : COBRAM GENERAL CEMETERY, COBRAM EAST, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. PORTION ANGLICAN.
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) : BORNEO
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : BORNEO
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0087 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6213759 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, M_MONAGHAN_1.jpg, M_MONAGHAN_2.jpg, Past article (size 314kB), Past article (size 575kB), Headstone
Background : Repatriated 26/09/1945 on hospital ship Wanganella from Morotai via Balikpapan to Australia. Husband of Mary.
