Soldier profiles
Name : OSMOND, ALFRED WALLACE
Service Number : VX55427
Date of Birth : 04/03/1916
Place of Birth : CORRYONG, VIC
Known as : WALLY
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 09/05/1941
Locality on Enlistment : CORRYONG, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : OSMOND, ALFRED
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 : 08/03/1946
Date Died : ??/01/1998
Age at Death : 81
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : CORRYONG CEMETERY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. PORTION LAWN. P38.
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) : THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : INDO/CHINA
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0068 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6129362 [OPEN], Barcode 1033579 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 225kB), Past article (size 598kB), C_HAMLEY_1.jpg, C_HAMLEY_2.jpg
Background : Repatriated to Australia on M.V. Highland Chieftain. Buried 27/01/1998.
