Soldier profiles
Name : BARNSTABLE, FREDERICK JAMES
Service Number : VX55245
Date of Birth : 03/01/1919
Place of Birth : ECHUCA, VIC
Known as : FRED
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 07/05/1941
Locality on Enlistment : KANYAPELLA, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : BARNSTABLE, RICHARD
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : B COMPANY (SYRIA), B COMPANY (JAVA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) : 1ST REINFORCEMENTS FOR 2/2 PIONEERS
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 02/04/1946
Date Died : ??/10/2008
Age at Death : 89
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), THANBYUZAYAT (BURMA), 26 KILO (BURMA), 35 KILO (BURMA), 45 KILO (BURMA), 116 KILO (THAILAND), 131 KILO (THAILAND), KONKWITA (THAILAND), NIKI NIKI (THAILAND), TAMARKAN (THAILAND), RIVER VALLEY ROAD (SINGAPORE), SENRYU 24 (JAPAN), FUKUOKA (JAPAN)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : FUKUOKA (JAPAN)
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0006 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6120536 [OPEN], Barcode 1037356 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Submitted story, AWM_003476.jpg, AWM_REL/01823.jpg, Past article (size 432kB), C_HAMLEY_1.jpg, C_HAMLEY_2.jpg, Past article (size 288kB), G_ATKINS_7.jpg, G_ATKINS_14.jpg, G_ATKINS_17.jpg, G_ATKINS_19.jpg, G_ATKINS_20.jpg, G_ATKINS_28.jpg
Background : At discharge : height 5 feet 10 inches, brown eyes, dark complexion, dark hair. Marks / scars : ulcer both feet. Full time war service : A.I.F. 07/05/1941 to 02/04/1946 which included 1,792 days active service (140 days within Australia & 1,502 days overseas). War badge no. A290970. Discharge certificate no. 502922. 15/12/1944 boarded hellship Awa Maru at Singapore. 26/12/1944 sailed in convoy up China Coast and across to Moji, Japan. Arrived in Japan 16/01/1945 aboard hellship Awa Maru. Repatriated to Australia on the H.M.S. Formidable. Background photo taken in 2006.
