Soldier profiles
Name : BRITTLE, JOHN DANIEL
Service Number : VX36416
Date of Birth : 01/02/1907
Place of Birth : MOXLEY, ENGLAND
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : LEAD WORKER
Date of Enlistment : 10/08/1940
Locality on Enlistment : YARRAVILLE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : BRITTLE, DORIS
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : AUSTRALIAN DEPOT BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 25/12/1942
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) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6132778 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, R_BRITTLE_1.jpg
Background : Medical examination 04/06/1940 at Town Hall, Melbourne. Date of overseas embarkation 08/04/1941. Disembarkation 07/08/1942 (Victoria). Returned from Syria suffering from battle fatigue & transferred to Australian Depot Battalion until discharge (certificate 29756). Eyes blue, 5' 7", fair complexion & hair.
