Soldier profiles
Name : TRANTER, NORMAN GEORGE HAUGHTON
Service Number : VX20587
Date of Birth : 01/03/1901
Place of Birth : DAYLESFORD, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 31/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : SWANPOOL, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : TRANTER, MARJORY
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : LIEUTENANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : 5 PLATOON B COMPANY, 6 PLATOON B COMPANY (SYRIA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions : FORT MERDJAYOUN (SYRIA), TJILILITAN (JAVA), TJAMPEA (JAVA), LLEWILIANG (JAVA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 10/12/1945
Date Died : 25/04/1984
Age at Death : 83
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) : MOULMEIN (BURMA)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
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 6204246 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_P01613.001.jpg, Past article (size 115kB), Past article (size 579kB), Past article (size 209kB), Past article (size 637kB)
Background : Tranter's property was called Ochil Hills in Swanpool, Victoria (at time of enlistment). Former University blue. Captain of the 2/2 Pioneers team at Puckapunyal in June 1940. Repatriated to Australia on Moreton Bay.
