The Men – O-P – 39th Battalion Association

THE NOMINAL ROLL OF ALL MEMBERS

This Nominal Roll was compiled by Carl Johnson and published in
“MUD OVER BLOOD” – Stories from 39th Australian Infantry Battalion 1941 – 1943, Kokoda to Gona
Published by History House – Phone +61 (0) 425 770 230 or www.armybooks.com

List is arranged alphabetically by Surname – Click on the respective buttons below…

V NUMBER	VX NUMBER	RANK	CHRISTIAN	SURNAME	COY/UNIT	PLATOON	RESIDENCE	COMMENTS
V 69000	VX 132359	Pte	Desmond J	O’Brien	E Coy		Brunswick
V 65309		Pte	Jack M	O’Brien	E Coy		Taradale
V 7132	VX 117700	WO11	Rex M	O’Brien	C Coy		Camberwell
N 180225		Pte	Robert J	O’Brien	N/A		Balmain, NSW
V 48269		Pte	Thomas D	O’Brien	C Coy		Mansfield
V 48052		Pte	Brian J	O’Carroll	E Coy		Essendon
V 155207	VX 86860	Pte	John J P	O’Connor	A Coy		Brighton
V 43936	VX 14197	Pte	Murray M	O’Connor	D Coy		Thornsbury
Q 22475		L/Cpl	Thomas P	O’Connor	3		Gatton, Qld
V 125443	VX 105405	L/Cpl	James G	O’Donnell	C Coy		Ballarat
V 1025755	VX 16780	Sig	Paul S	O’Halloran	Bn HQ		Geelong
Q 130688		Pte	Joseph E	O’Keefe	3		Mackay, Qld
V 126024	VX 118357	Pte	Frederick E	Oldaker	D Coy		Wonthaggi
V 53032	VX 10097	T/Capt	Albert H	Oliver	HQ Coy		Sea Lake
N 21156		S/Sgt	Albert T	Oliver	3		Leichardt, NSW
V 113713	VX 144910	Pte	Ian B	Olsen	A Coy		Camberwell
V 185252	VX 14579	Pte	A J (Albie)	O’Mara	1		Windsor
V 200290	VX 115539	Cpl	Guy J	O’Meara	HQ Coy		Lalbert
V 59521	VX 103138	Cpl	Hugh L	Ormondy	E Coy		Surrey Hills
V 225046	VX 141618	Pte	Neil W	Overall	1		Horsham
V 113714	VX 132162	Pte	Kendal R	Owen	A Coy		Coburg
	VX 45223	Lt/Col	William T	Owen	N/A		Kew
V 220108	VX 142308	Pte	C T (Dick)	Page	1		Mildura
V 43471		Pte	Leslie A	Paice	D Coy		Northcote
N 162488	NX 152012	Pte	Charles W	Paine	N/A		Taree, NSW
V 126037	VX 117701	Cpl	George W	Palmer	D Coy		Balwyn
V 150148		Pte	Harry D	Palmer	1		Nullawarre
V 195080		Pte	Edmund F	Papworth	E Coy		North Fitzroy
N 168031	NX 191600	Pte	Ronald A	Parker	N/A		Tenterfield, NSW
V 255136	VX 116419	Pte	Lewis J F	Parkinson	1		Balwyn
	VX 60779	Pte	William	Parr	B Coy		Wonthaggi
	QX 14478	Lt	Alfred G R	Parsons	N/A		Annerly, Qld
	NX 77890	Pte	Clive	Parsons	N/A		Marrickville, NSW
Q 135605	QX 49777	Pte	Cecil E	Patroney	3		Bundaberg, Qld
	VX 67712	Pte	Kenneth A	Patullo	2		West Brunswick
V 122039	VX 132364	Pte	Albert J	Payne	E Coy		Garfield
V 230188	VX 143599	Pte	John K	Pearce	2		East Malvern
V 61431		Pte	Robert F	Pearce	1		West Melbourne
V 125199	VX 120257	Pte	John W	Pearson	C Coy		North Fitzroy
V 110196		Pte	Harold G	Peers	HQ Coy		Glenferrie
V 63208	VX 146658	Cpl	John G	Pegler	B Coy		Malvern
W 18737	WX 35974	Pte	Leslie J	Pegler	N/A		Mid Junction, WA
V 124092	VX 117702	L/Cpl	Albert A	Pell	E Coy		North Brighton
V 220021	VX 141621	Pte	Alfred Mc	Pendle	1		Mildura
V 43557	VX 129290	Cpl	William H	Pendleton	D Coy		Fairfield
N 263069	NX 204713	Pte	Allen	Pennie	N/A		Como, NSW
N 255524		Pte	Malcolm J	Penrose	N/A		Lakemba, NSW
V 40096	VX11700(117100)	Lt	William Christie	Pentland	HQ Coy		East Hawthorn
N 210122		Pte	Stanley J	Perichon	N/A		Merrylands, NSW
V 125086		Pte	Clarence B	Perkins	C Coy		Geelong
V 185259	VX 143640	Pte	Ronald A	Perkins	D Coy		Prahran
V 245319		Pte	Arthur S	Perry	D Coy		Bealiba
N 212734	NX 150225	Pte	George	Perry	N/A		St Albans, NSW
V 67970	VX 147753	Sgt	William P	Perry	1		Ivanhoe
V 127066		Pte	E V (Val)	Petersen	HQ Coy		Portland
	VX 67720	Pte	Joseph A	Petersen	2		Port Melbourne
V 7398	VX 117703	Cpl	Stanley J	Petersen	D Coy		Wonthaggi
V 280079	VX 117704	Sig	Kenneth R	Phelan	HQ Coy		East Malvern
V 68205		Cpl	Raymond L A	Phillips	B Coy		Williamstown
N 222869		Pte	Robert H	Piggons	N/A		Mascot, NSW
V 220032	VX 106106	Pte	Eric L G	Pike	N/A		Mildura
V 39907		Pte	Thomas H	Pike	B Coy		Brighton
V 50242	VX 13248	Sgt	William J	Pike	A Coy		Mildura
V 126041		Pte	Gordon L	Pilgrim	A Coy		Geelong
N 155568		Pte	Mervyn	Pilgrim	N/A		Vacy, NSW
V 69476	VX 117705	Cpl	W H (Harry)	Pinder	N/A		Bendigo
N 22334		Pte	Samuel C	Pinney	N/A		Temora, NSW
V 133540		Pte	Donald W	Pitcher	HQ Coy		Coleraine
V 7143	VX 117705	Sgt	Robert L	Pitcher	HQ Coy		Geelong
NP 10109	NX 148954	Lt	Ronald S	Plater	N/A		Edgecliffe, NSW
Q 130431	QX 60534	Pte	Louis J	Plaza	3		Ayr, Qld
V 65707	VX 117706	Sgt	Jeffrey P	Polglase	Bn HQ		Hartwell
W 55022		Pte	Angelo	Polini	N/A		Gosnells, WA
W 63110		Pte	Gino	Polini	N/A		Gosnells, WA
Q 135921		Pte	Arnold P N	Pollard	3		Maryborough, Qld
V 220041	VX 128758	Pte/ Sgt	William S	Pomeroy	B Coy		Merbein
W 39565	WX 42727	Pte	George E	Pomi	3		Boulder, WA
V 125090	VX 103139	Pte	Richard E	Poole	HQ Coy		Collingwood
N 227872	NX 152158	Pte	Gordon	Popplewell	N/A		Kurri Kurri, NSW
V 54999	VX 82936	Sgt	W A S (Stan)	Porter	1		Caulfield
V 430941	VX 103140	L/Cpl	William R	Potter	D Coy		Preston
V 121252	VX 105406	Cpl	Paul C	Poulsen	C Coy		Lockhart
V 225018	VX 116373	Pte	H L (Lew)	Poulton	1		Hopetoun
V 240067	VX 132139	Pte	Russell F	Pounceby	1		Glen Patrick
V 50684	VX 136385	Sgt	Colin H	Powell	HQ Coy		Ararat
V 53132	VX 141462	Pte	Harry E	Powell	A Coy		Fairfield
Q 130727		Pte	Ray	Powell	3		Te Kowa, Qld
V 66823		A/Cpl	Albert E	Power	B Coy		Navigator
N 40083		Pte	Ellis R	Priest	N/A		Largarno, NSW
V 125319		Pte	David E	Priestley	B Coy		South Yarra
	NX 49597	Cpl	Harold K	Priestley	2		Pennant Hills, NSW
V 37803		Sgt	Clifford	Pulfer	HQ Coy		Footscray
V 45130	VX 66529	Pte	Ernest G	Pullman	2		Fawkner
V 65893		Pte	Robert G	Purcell	E Coy		Caulfield
V 44653	VX 118211	Sgt	Walter J	Purches	HQ Coy		Essendon
	VX 56185	Pte	William H	Purdie	2		Hawksburn
V 270186		Pte	George F	Puxley	1		Moonta, SA
V 127069		Pte	Oswald J H	Puxley	C Coy		Camberwell
V 240103	VX 103141	Cpl	Charles G	Pye	1		Ballarat
V 42272		Pte	Charles R	Pyke	D Coy		Noble Park
V 42273		Pte	Samuel J	Pyke	D Coy		Dandenong West
V 280200		Pte	Sydney L	Pyke	HQ Coy		Caulfield

TOS 2/2 Bn, 3/7/43

TOS ANGAU, 19/3/43

Discharged, 10/8/43

Aged 22. Ex 53 Bn
Fatality: KIA 8/12/42

TOS 36 Bn, 25/5/43

TOS Army Canteens, 18/5/42

TOS ANGAU, 26/6/42. Later 57/60 Bn

TOS 54 Port Craft Coy, 1943

Aged 31
Fatality: KIA 26/8/42

Detached from 30 Bde Sigs. TOS 6 Div Sigs, 1943

Aged 37
Fatality: KIA 12/12/42

TOS 2/4 Malaria Control Unit, 1943
Wounded: 17/6/42 (MacDuhie)

TOS 2/2 Bn, 3/7/43. Later 2/8 Bn. KIA 27/6/45

TOS 36 Bn, 25/5/43

TOS NG AWW Coy, 1/2/42.Later 94 Aust Hvy Wireless Sect

TOS ANGAU, 1942

TOS 2/2 Bn, 3/7/43

TOS 127 AGT Coy, 1943
Wounded: 28/08/1942

TOS 2/2 Bn, 3/7/43

TOS 1 Aust Tank Work/Shps, 1943
Wounded: 28/08/1942

Aged 37. C-O, 5/742-29/742. Ex 2/22 Bn, Rabaul
Fatality:KIA 29/7/42

TOS 2/2 Bn, 3/7/43

Wounded: 3/3/42.(Accidental)
Discharged, 14/8/42

Ex 1 Aust Corps. TOS 2/2 Bn, 3/7/43

TOS 2 Fld Amb, 1942

TOS NG AWW Coy, 28/4/42. KIA 8/8/42

TOS 5 Aust Employ Coy, 2/11/42. Later 10 Fld Rgt

Ex 53 Bn. TOS 36 Bn, 25/5/43
Wounded: 6/12/1942

TOS 23 A/A Bty, 21/7/42

TOS 2/15 Fld Coy, 1943

Ex 53 Bn. TOS 2/11 Bn, 3/7/43
Next of Kin: Albert & Ellen Parsons (Parents)

Aged 20.
Fatality:KIA 11/12/42
No Known Grave. Ex 53 Bn

TOS 2/2 Bn, 3/7/43

TOS Bulk Issue Petrol BIPOD, 1943

TOS 2/7 Bn, 1943. L/Cpl

TOS ?A? Aust Corps Sigs, 1943

TOS 4 Fled Hygiene Coy, 1942. Discharged, 21/6/43

TOS MGO Design Div, 28/10/43

TOS 36 Bn, 25/5/43

TOS 5 Aust Employ Coy, 20/11/42

Ex 5 Aust Employ Coy

TOS 7 MG Bn, 2/11/42

TOS 2/15 Fld Coy, 15/7/43. Later 7 Bn

TOS 2/2 Bn, 3/7/43

aka Pennie, James W S.Ex 30 Bde Tng Bn.TOS 51 Fld Pk Coy,1942

Ex 30 Bde Tng Bn. TOS LHQ EME School Staff, 1943

TOS 2/2nd Bn 12/8/43 Later Capt 2/1 Grd Bn HQ. Discharged at Royal Park 27/9/45
Total of 1518 Days service
Signed on CMF 02/8/0941, AIF 19/7/42
5ft 4 1/2 ins Hazel eyes, brown hair

Ex 53 Bn. Not TOS after WIA
Wounded: 16/12/1942

TOS 36 Bn, 25/5/43

TOS NGF HQ, 1943

TOS 36 Bn, 25/5/43
Wounded: 29/07/1942

Ex 1 Aust Corps. TOS NGF HQ, 30/1/43

TOS 13/33 Bn, 1943

TOS 36 Bn, 25/5/43
Wounded: 29/08/1942

TOS 34 Tng Bn, 24/11/42. Discharged, 20/6/43

Discharged, 28/12/44

TOS 2/2 Bn, 3/7/43. Later 4 Bn, Cpl

Aged 27
Fatality: KIA 15/12/42

Aged 29. Ex 53 Bn
Fatality: KIA 6/12/42

Ex 30 Bde Tng Bn. TOS 2/1 Aust Mov & Tng Gp, 1943

TOS NGF Wireless Sect, 1942

TOS 2/2 Bn, 3/7/43

TOS 5 Aust Employ Coy, 20/11/42

Ex 53 Bn. TOS 55/53 Bn, 25/10/42

Ex 30 Bde Tng Bn.
Wounded: 6/12/1942
Discharged, 12/5/44

aka Pinnie, SC.Ex 30 BdeTng Bn. TOS 1 Aust Hosp Laun. Unit, 1943
Wounded: 8/12/1942

aka FitcherTOS Staff Corps HQ, 1942. Later Res Motor Tpt Coy.

Discharged, 3/11/43. Reserved Occupation

Ex 53 Bn. TOS 2/6 Bn, 3/7/43
Wounded: 11/12/1942

TOS 22 Bn, 1943

TOS 2/2 Bn, 3/7/43. Lt

Ex 5 Aust Employ Coy. TOS 9 Bn, 1943

Ex 5 Aust Employ Coy.Not TOS after WIA.
Wounded: 13/12/1942
Discharged, 20/6/44

Discharged, 14/7/44

TOS ANGAU, 25/3/42. Sgt

aka Pomi, Gabriel. TOS 13 Small Ships Coy 1943

TOS 2/3 Fld Coy, 3/7/43

Ex 1 Aust Corps. TOS 2/2 Bn, 3/7/43

TOS 3 M/D AAPC, 1943

TOS 2/8 Bn, 1943

TOS 2/15 Fld Coy, 1943
Wounded: 9/08/1942

TOS 125 Supply Coy, 1943. Sgt
Wounded: 2/08/1942

aka Pownceby, R E. TOS 2/2 Bn, 3/7/43

TOS 7 MG Bn, 2/11/42. Later 2/17 Bn

TOS 6 Bn, -/7/43. Later BCOF. Served Korea & Vietnam, Mjr

TOS 36 Bn, 25/5/43

Aged 30
Fatality: KIA 30/12/42

Ex NGF MG Bn. TOS 49 Bn, 31/12/42

Aged 21.
Fatality: KIA 29/7/42
No Known Grave
Next of Kin: Maureen Veronica Preistley (Wife)

Aged 20
Fatality: KIA 23/12/42

Aged 28
Fatality: KIA 13/8/42

TOS 2/2 Bn, 22/12/43
Wounded: 9/08/1942

RTA, 4/6/42. Discharged, 10/3/44

TOS 2/15 Fld Coy, 1943

TOS 2/2 Bn, 3/7/43

Aged 20.
Fatality: KIA 11/12/42
No Known Grave
Next of Kin: Henry & Elsie Puxley (Parents)

TOS 2 Aust Detention Barracks Staff, 1943

TOS 2/2 Bn, 3/7/43

TOS 1 Aust Radio Maint Unit, 1943

TOS 36 Bn, 25/5/43