Soldier profiles
Name : BAILEY, LAWRENCE WILLIAM
Service Number : VX23040
Date of Birth : 12/03/1919
Place of Birth : ORBOST, VIC
Known as : BILL
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 06/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : ORBOST, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : BAILEY, W
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 : FORT MERDJAYOUN (SYRIA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 03/04/1946
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) : 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-0005 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6227988 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 1032893 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 579kB), C_HAMLEY_1.jpg, C_HAMLEY_2.jpg
Background : Repatriated to Australia on Moreton Bay.
