Soldier profiles
Name : CORRIE, ERNEST CHARLES WILLIAM
Service Number : VX25051
Date of Birth : 13/02/1909
Place of Birth : BENDIGO, VIC
Known as : ERN
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 11/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : BENDIGO, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : CORRIE, DORIS
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : SERGEANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : BANDSMAN (AUSTRALIA), REGIMENTAL AID PARTY (SYRIA), REGIMENTAL AID PARTY (JAVA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) : ATTACHED TO 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION FROM AAMC, LANCE CORPORAL (11/1940), CORPORAL (1941), SERGEANT (1942)
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions : FORT MERDJAYOUN? (SYRIA), DAMOUR? (SYRIA), TJILILITAN? (JAVA), LLEWILIANG? (JAVA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 15/11/1945
Date Died : 17/04/1995
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) : BICYCLE (JAVA), CHANGI (SINGAPORE), HINTOK RIVER (THAILAND), HINTOK MOUNTAIN (THAILAND), KINSAIOKE (THAILAND), TASAU (THAILAND), TAMUANG (THAILAND), PRATCHAI (THAILAND)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0019 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6226844 [DIGITISED], Barcode 478865 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Submitted story, R_CORRIE_1.jpg, C_HAMLEY_1.jpg, C_HAMLEY_2.jpg, Past article (size 888kB)
Background : Husband of Doris. Related to and joined at same time as Ronald Corrie (2/2 Pioneer). Bendigo Militia in 1929. Author of Survival against odds. See STORY for more details.
