Soldier profiles
Name : LOWE, GEORGE HENRY
Service Number : VX21538
Date of Birth : 28/09/1919
Place of Birth : BALLARAT, VIC
Known as : GEORGE
Occupation on Enlistment : MOTOR MECHANIC
Date of Enlistment : 04/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : RICHMOND, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : LOWE, 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) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 18/01/1946
Date Died : 14/04/2006
Age at Death : 86
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) : FUKUOKA (JAPAN)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : JAPAN
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0053 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6215604 [DIGITISED], Barcode 1159209 [OPEN], Barcode 478941 [OPEN], Barcode 1159195 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, C_HAMLEY_1.jpg, C_HAMLEY_2.jpg, Courier Mail (Brisbane) 19/04/2006, Herald Sun (Melbourne) 19/04/2006
Background : Arrived in Japan 16/01/1945 aboard hellship Awa Maru. Died in April 2006.
