Soldier profiles

Name : LAY, FREDERICK WALTER
Service Number : VX59151
Date of Birth : 02/04/1903
Place of Birth : ORBOST, VIC
Known as : FRED
Occupation on Enlistment : FARM LABOURER
Date of Enlistment : 08/07/1941
Locality on Enlistment : ORBOST, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : LAY, CHARLES
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 : 21/01/1946
Date Died : 04/07/2001
Age at Death : 98
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) : OMUTA (JAPAN), FUKUOKA (JAPAN)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : JAPAN
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0051 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6136273 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, C_HAMLEY_1.jpg, C_HAMLEY_2.jpg

Background : Son of Charles Morris Lay. Arrived in Japan 16/01/1945 aboard hellship Awa Maru.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. 4.5 years Militia previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 7 inches, blue eyes, medium complexion, brown hair. Marital status : single. Children : no. Marks / scars : scar little finger left hand, mole left side of face, scar left knee, scar left side of face. Full time war service : A.I.F. 08/07/1941 to 21/01/1946 which included 1659 days active service (108 days within Australia & 1434 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East and Java areas (embarked from Australia 02/11/1941, disembarked in Australia 05/10/1945). War badge no. 241897. Discharge certificate no. 485003.

Service record
08/07/1941 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Royal Park, Victoria.
10/07/1941 Granted leave without pay 10/07/1941 to 05/08/1941 inclusive.
06/08/1941 Returned from leave without pay.
13/08/1941 Transferred to Engineering Training Depot Bonegilla, Victoria.
14/08/1941 Transferred from Recruit Reception Depot Royal Park, Victoria.
20/09/1941 Evacuated to 106 Australian General Hospital Bonegilla, Victoria.
20/09/1941 Admitted 106 Australian General Hospital Bonegilla, Victoria with influenza.
26/09/1941 Discharged to unit.
26/09/1941 Rejoined unit from 106 Australian General Hospital Bonegilla, Victoria.
27/09/1941 Evacuated to 106 Australian General Hospital Bonegilla, Victoria.
27/09/1941 Admitted 106 Australian General Hospital Bonegilla, Victoria with mumps.
08/10/1941 Discharged to unit.
08/10/1941 Rejoined unit from 106 Australian General Hospital Bonegilla, Victoria.
27/10/1941 Attached to reinforcements 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
02/11/1941 Embarked H.M.T. LL Convoy 13 Sydney, New South Wales.
24/11/1941 Disembarked Middle East.
21/01/1942 Marched out to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
21/01/1942 Taken on strength 2/2 Pioneer Battalion from Pioneer Training Battalion.
31/01/1942 Embarked Middle East on S.S. Orcades.
18/02/1942 Disembarked Batavia, Java.
07/03/1942 Reported missing in action.
30/04/1942 Reported missing in action, Java and transferred to X list.
01/10/1942 Reported missing in action believed prisoner of war.
21/01/1944 Reported prisoner of war.
15/01/1945 Transferred to Fukuoka, Japan.
15/08/1945 Granted proficiency pay.
08/10/1945 Admitted 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria for investigation.
17/11/1945 Discharged from 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria to General Details Depot, Victoria.
17/12/1945 Admitted 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria with old injury at shin.
15/01/1946 Discharged to General Details Depot Watsonia, Victoria with old injury left ankle.
18/01/1946 Marched out to Discharge Depot, Victoria.
18/01/1946 Marched in for discharge ex Leave and Transit Depot.
21/01/1946 Discharged Royal Park, Victoria.