Soldier profiles

Name : ALLAN, JOHN ROBERT
Service Number : VX72831
Date of Birth : 21/08/1920
Place of Birth : BALLARAT, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : CLERK
Date of Enlistment : 21/01/1942
Locality on Enlistment : FITZROY, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : EDWARDS, 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) : BATTALION HEADQUARTERS (DAEO, MOROTAI)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : BORNEO, NEW GUINEA
Actions : BALIKPAPAN (BORNEO)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 11/01/1946
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 6068595 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_090611.jpg

Background : Nephew of Jessie Edwards.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 6 inches, blue eyes, medium complexion, brown hair. Marital status : single. Marks / scars : right knee, right thumb. Full time war service : A.I.F. 21/01/1942 to 11/01/1946 which included 1452 days active service (901 days within Australia & 468 days overseas). Operational service : New Guinea area (embarked from Australia 23/07/1943, disembarked in Australia 10/02/1944), Borneo area (embarked from Australia 16/03/1945, disembarked in Australia 05/12/1945). War badge no. 240428. Discharge certificate no. 482636.

Service record
21/01/1942 Taken on strength Australian Imperial Forces Details Depot.
06/02/1942 Transferred into 10 Training Battalion Balcombe, Mt. Martha, Victoria from Australian Imperial Forces Details Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
12/03/1942 Transferred out to Reception Camp Caulfield, Victoria.
12/03/1942 Transferred in via Reception Camp and posted to 5 Pioneer Company.
13/05/1942 Evacuated from 5 Pioneer Company Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria to Puckapunyal 4 Australian General Hospital, Seymour, Victoria.
13/05/1942 Admitted Puckapunyal 4 Australian General Hospital, Seymour, Victoria with bronchitis.
18/05/1942 Discharged from Puckapunyal 4 Australian General Hospital, Seymour, Victoria.
18/05/1942 Rejoined unit from Puckapunyal 4 Australian General Hospital, Seymour, Victoria.
25/05/1942 Transferred out to 34 Infantry Training Battalion Watsonia, Victoria.
25/05/1942 Transferred from 5 Pioneer Company.
23/06/1942 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 ex 34 Infantry Training Battalion.
26/01/1943 Entrained for 3 Military District (Victoria).
28/01/1943 Marched in Victoria Lines of Communication area ex 5 Military District (Western Australia).
23/06/1943 Entrained from 3 Military District (Victoria) to 1 Military District (Queensland).
25/07/1943 Embarked Townsville, Queensland on H.M.T. Duntroon.
28/07/1943 Disembarked Port Moresby, New Guinea.
02/08/1943 Issued with AFW3050B by Australian Director of Medical Services 7 Australian Division.
16/09/1943 Granted proficiency pay.
14/12/1943 Evacuated to III Casualty Clearing Station with Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (P.U.O.) and transferred to X list.
21/12/1943 Discharged III Casualty Clearing Station to 7 Division Rest Camp.
23/12/1943 Taken on strength from 7 Australian Division Rest Camp.
08/02/1944 Embarked Port Moresby, New Guinea on H.M.A.S. Kanimbla.
10/02/1944 Disembarked Townsville, Queensland.
10/02/1944 AFW3050B withdrawn.
30/05/1944 Evacuated to 116 Australian General Hospital with malaria (benign tertian) and transferred to X list.
02/06/1944 Evacuated from 116 Australian General Hospital to 2/6 Australian General Hospital, Queensland.
12/06/1944 Discharged 2/6 Australian General Hospital to 2 Australian Corps Reception Camp.
15/06/1944 Taken on strength 2/2 Pioneer Battalion from 2 Australian Corps Reception Camp.
31/07/1944 AFW3050B issued.
25/10/1944 Resumed true name - John Roberts.
16/03/1945 Embarked Cairns, Queensland on U.S.A.T. Sea Barb.
28/03/1945 Disembarked Morotai.
20/06/1945 Embarked Morotai for service in Balikpapan, Borneo on U.S.S. LST-703.
12/10/1945 Transferred from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion to 65 Australian Infantry Battalion.
12/10/1945 Transferred in from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
23/10/1945 Embarked Balikpapan, Borneo on H.M.S. LST-303.
27/10/1945 Disembarked Morotai.
19/11/1945 Transferred out to Headquarters 34 Infantry Brigade.
19/11/1945 Transferred in from 65 Australian Infantry Battalion.
26/11/1945 Evacuated to 2/9 Australian General Hospital with left knee medial ligament injury effusion and transferred to X list.
03/12/1945 Evacuated from 2/9 Australian General Hospital, Morotai to air ambulance.
03/12/1945 Emplaned Morotai for mainland.
05/12/1945 Deplaned XXXXXXX from Morotai.
05/12/1945 Evacuated from ambulance plane to 102 (H.P.) Military Hospital.
17/12/1945 Discharged from 102 (H.P.) Military Hospital to 1 Australian Personnel Staging Camp.
17/12/1945 Marched out from 1 Australian Personnel Staging Camp to Queensland General Details Depot.
17/12/1945 Transferred to holding strength Queensland Lines of Communication area General Details Depot for disposal.
17/12/1945 Marched in from 102 Australian General Hospital for disposal.
21/12/1945 Marched out to holding strength Queensland Lines of Communication area Leave and Transit Depot for discharge.
11/01/1946 Di