Soldier profiles
Name : STRAIN, ALLAN THOMAS
Service Number : VX74407
Date of Birth : 03/09/1921
Place of Birth : PORTLAND, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : FARM HAND
Date of Enlistment : 03/02/1942
Locality on Enlistment : TARANLEA
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : STRAIN, THOMAS
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 :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 06/08/1946
Date Died : 28/05/2007
Age at Death : 85
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : WARRNAMBOOL LAWN CEMETERY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.
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 6071407 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Headstone
Background : Husband of Mary Jane. Father of Leslie, Julie, Steven & Jenni.
