Soldier profiles

Name : HAVECKIN, THOMAS EDWARD
Service Number : VX70756
Date of Birth : 28/02/1922
Place of Birth : BOORT, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : SHEARER
Date of Enlistment : 05/01/1942
Locality on Enlistment : SOUTH GIPPSLAND, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : HAVECKIN, JESSIE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : 12 PLATOON B COMPANY (DAEO, MOROTAI)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : NEW GUINEA, BORNEO
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 05/08/1946
Date Died : N/A
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) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6074765 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_090598.jpg

Background : Son of Jessie Haveckin.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 8 inches, hazel eyes, fresh complexion, brown hair. Marital status : single. Full time war service : A.I.F. 05/01/1942 to 05/08/1946 which included 1674 days active service (1029 days within Australia & 546 days overseas). Operational service : New Guinea area (embarked from Australia 25/07/1943, disembarked in Australia 29/02/1944), Borneo area (embarked from Australia 16/03/1945, disembarked in Australia 04/02/1946). War badge no. 322040. Discharge certificate no. 552448.

Service record
05/01/1942 Taken on strength Australian Imperial Forces Details Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
05/01/1942 Granted leave without pay from 05/01/1942 to 12/01/1942.
13/01/1942 Rejoined unit (from leave without pay).
19/01/1942 Transferred to 6 Training Battalion Darley Camp, Victoria.
20/01/1942 Transferred in from Australian Imperial Forces Details Depot.
22/05/1942 Transferred from 6 Training Battalion and taken on strength 34 Training Battalion Watsonia, Victoria.
05/06/1942 Transferred to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
23/06/1942 Marched out to New South Wales Lines of Communication area.
23/06/1942 Taken on strength 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Wagga Wagga, New South Wales from 34 Training Battalion.
26/01/1943 Entrained 5 Military District (Western Australia) for 3 Military District (Victoria).
28/01/1943 Marched in 3 Military District (Victoria) ex 5 Military District (Western Australia).
26/03/1943 Entrained for 1 Military District (Queensland).
06/04/1943 Admitted 2 Casualty Clearing Station with boil on perineum.
19/04/1943 Discharged and returned to unit.
01/07/1943 Classified proficient and entitled to proficiency pay.
25/07/1943 Embarked Townsville, Queensland on H.M.T. Duntroon.
28/07/1943 Disembarked Port Moresby, New Guinea.
05/12/1943 Evacuated to 2/4 Field Ambulance with inf hepatitis.
06/12/1943 Evacuated from 2/4 Field Ambulance to 2/9 Australian General Hospital and transferred to X list.
24/12/1943 Evacuated from 2/9 Australian General Hospital to 113 Australian Convalescent Depot.
08/01/1944 Discharged from 113 Australian Convalescent Depot to New Guinea Details Depot.
11/01/1944 Taken on strength 2/2 Pioneer Battalion from New Guinea Details Depot.
22/01/1944 Evacuated to 2/5 Australian General Hospital with inf hepatitis and transferred to X list.
02/02/1944 Discharged from 2/5 Australian General Hospital to New Guinea Details Depot.
21/02/1944 Embarked Port Moresby, New Guinea on S.S. Montoro.
29/02/1944 Disembarked Sydney, New South Wales, struck off X list and proceeded on leave.
29/03/1944 Granted leave 29/03/1944 to 16/04/1944.
21/06/1944 Evacuated to 116 Australian General Hospital with scabies and transferred to X list.
20/07/1944 Discharged 116 Australian General Hospital with scabies and facial impetigo to 16 Australian Personnel Staging Camp.
20/07/1944 Taken on strength 16 Australian Personnel Staging Camp.
12/10/1944 Evacuated to 116 Australian General Hospital with contusion right shoulder and transferred to X list.
19/10/1944 Evacuated from 116 Australian General Hospital to 2/1 Australian Convalescent Depot.
31/10/1944 Discharged from 2/1 Australian Convalescent Depot to 1 Australian Corps Reception Camp.
03/11/1944 Taken on strength 2/2 Pioneer Battalion from 1 Australian Corps Reception Camp.
16/03/1945 Embarked Cairns, Queensland on U.S.A.T. Sea Barb.
28/03/1945 Disembarked Morotai.
22/04/1945 Embarked Morotai for service in Tarakan.
18/05/1945 Embarked Tarakan for return to Morotai.
08/06/1945 Next of kin change of address.
21/06/1945 Embarked Morotai for service in Balikpapan, Borneo.
10/10/1945 Transferred to 2/12 Infantry Battalion Balikpapan, Borneo.
10/10/1945 Taken on strength from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
02/12/1945 Transferred out to 2/14 Infantry Battalion.
10/12/1945 Transferred in from 2/12 Infantry Battalion.
22/01/1946 Transferred out to General Details Depot Victoria Lines of Communication area for reposting.
04/02/1946 Disembarked Brisbane, Queensland.
13/03/1946 Marched in to General Details Depot for re allotment.
20/03/1946 Marched in from General Details Depot Southern Command.
30/07/1946 Transferred out to Australian Military Forces Discharge Depot.
05/08/1946 Discharged.