Soldier profiles
Name : WATSON, KENNETH BRUCE
Service Number : VX37921
Date of Birth : 08/09/1918
Place of Birth : GEELONG, VIC
Known as : KEN
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 02/08/1940
Locality on Enlistment : KERANG, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : WATSON, GEORGE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
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 : 17/12/1945
Date Died : 01/12/1986
Age at Death : 68
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : PYRAMID HILL CEMETERY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.
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) : JAVA, NIIHAMA (JAPAN)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : NIIHAMA (JAPAN)
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0090 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6139076 [OPEN], Barcode 31830173 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, C_HAMLEY_1.jpg, C_HAMLEY_2.jpg, Past article (size 1568kB), Headstone [photo courtesy of C. Judkins]
Background : Brother of VX8302 Harold Sanders Watson (2/2 Pioneer). Arrived in Japan September 1944 aboard Bioki Maru. Recovered from Niihama Camp in Japan 12/09/1945.
