Soldier profiles

Name : ALLCHIN, CYRIL ERNEST
Service Number : VX23229
Date of Birth : 24/02/1897
Place of Birth : LAURISTON, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : POULTRY FARMER
Date of Enlistment : 06/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : NARRE WARREN, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : ALLCHIN, MARION
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : LANCE 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 : N/A
Date Died : 21/12/1943
Age at Death : 46
Community Roll of Honour : KYNETON (VIC)
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, SINGAPORE. COLUMN 137. / AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL COMMEMORATIVE AREA PANEL 72
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) : 21/12/1943 / BERIBERI / 83 KILO CAMP (THAILAND)
P.O.W. Camps (details) : 83 KILO (BURMA)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial Death Circular, Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0002 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6226642 [DIGITISED], Barcode 32342338 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Australian War Memorial, Marian Allchin's grave [photo courtesy of BillionGraves]

Background : Enlisted with 24/02/1900 date of birth. Son of Thomas and Bessie Allchin, husband of Marian Allchin, of Frankston, Victoria, Australia, brother of E. Allchin (sister) (Army nursing), brother of Charles Allchin (Army), brother of Victor Allchin (Navy). Husband of Marian (born 09/07/1897, died 04/12/1986 Buderim Cemetery Maroochy Shire, Queensland). Cyril's name is on Marian's headstone.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : married. Senior Cadet, 3 months physical training 1916 previous military experience. Brown eyes, dark hair. Mole on back. Crushed middle finger right hand.

Service record
06/06/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
08/06/1940 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
18/06/1940 Admitted Camp Hospital Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria with influenza.
21/06/1940 Discharged to unit.
19/10/1940 Appointed Group III Specialty 1st Reinforcements Concretor .
21/11/1940 Appointed acting Lance Corporal.
07/04/1941 Embarked Sydney, New South Wales on H.M.S. Queen Mary (H.M.T. N.N.).
03/05/1941 Disembarked Middle East.
04/09/1941 Relinquished Group III Concretor.
05/09/1941 Graded Group II Carpenter.
25/09/1941 Relinquished Group II Carpenter.
27/09/1941 Graded Group III Clerk.
31/01/1942 Embarked Middle East on S.S. Orcades.
18/02/1942 Disembarked Batavia, Java.
07/03/1942 Reported missing in action, Java.
30/04/1942 Reported missing in action, Java and transferred to X list.
16/12/1942 Reported missing in action believed prisoner of war.
04/11/1943 Reported prisoner of war.
22/12/1943 Reported interned Thailand camp.
21/08/1944 Reported deceased whilst prisoner of war in Thailand camp 21/12/1943 with beriberi.