Soldier profiles
Name : WOODCOCK, WILFRED JOHN
Service Number : WX16803
Date of Birth : 24/04/1921
Place of Birth : GERALDTON, WA
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 01/10/1941
Locality on Enlistment : NORTHAMPTON, WA
Place of Enlistment : CLAREMONT, WA
Next of Kin : WOODCOCK, JOHN
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : 10 PLATOON B COMPANY (DAEO, MOROTAI)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : BORNEO
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 24/01/1946
Date Died : 15/03/2001
Age at Death : 79
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : NORTHAMPTON CEMETERY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 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 6466363 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_090600.jpg, Headstone [photo courtesy of L. Larment]
Background : Husband of Margaret. Father of Jane, Maureen and Valerie.
