Soldier profiles
Name : EVANS, JOHN ROBERT
Service Number : VX62556
Date of Birth : 18/08/1912
Place of Birth : BENALLA, VIC
Known as : JACK, BOB
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 27/08/1941
Locality on Enlistment : LIMA SOUTH, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : EVANS, MARK
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 : 18/12/1945
Date Died : 26/12/2001
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) : THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0026 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6108807 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, C_HAMLEY_1.jpg, C_HAMLEY_2.jpg, Past article (size 637kB), Past article (size 958kB)
Background : Repatriated to Australia on the M.V. Highland Brigade.
