ADDISON, Roy Vernon
| Service Number: | WX351 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 November 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Divisional Army Service Corps |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 26 December 1917 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Hollywood Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia, 23 March 1978, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Roy was cremated at Karrakatta on 30 March 1978 with his ashes being interred in the Memorial Garden 18 of Section 0023 at Karrakatta. |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club WW2 Honour Roll, Western Australian Garden of Remembrance |
World War 2 Service
| 7 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX351 | |
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| 7 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX351, 6th Divisional Army Service Corps, Roy served as a driver in the 6th Division. | |
| 3 Jun 1941: | Imprisoned "Operation Lustre" Greece 1941, On 24 March 1941 Ron was part of the Australian force that embarked from the middle east for Greece then on 3 June 1941 Roy was reported as Missing. On the 23 June 1941 it was confirmed that he was a prisoner of war having been captured by the German force at the allied surrender of Greece. Roy's WW2 prisoner of war record has him being interned at Stalag 18D Marburg, Austria where he stayed until October 1942 and from then until April 1945 Roy was interned at Stalag 18A Wolfsberg, Austria. | |
| 29 Sep 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX351 | |
| 29 Sep 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX351, 6th Divisional Army Service Corps, On 9 July 1945 Roy was evacuated from Austria to the AIF camp in the UK for recovering POW's. Roy left the UK to return to Australia on 14 September 1945 arriving in NSW on 19 September 1945 from where he was then discharged on 29 September 1945 returning home to Perth. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Jeffrey Oates
Roy Addison's Christian names were Vernon Roy but he was always known as Roy. Roy was the son of Cecil Endymion Valentine Addison and Florence Agetha Bain.
In his youth Roy was a champion surf lifesaver being a member of the Cottesloe Surf Club, which he re-joined after WWII.
Roy served in the Australian Army during WW2 embarking from Australia on the 20 April 1940 for the middle east. On 24 March 1941 Ron was part of the Australian force that embarked from the middle east for Greece. On 3 June 1941 Roy was reported as missing having been captured by the German force at the allied surrender of Greece. Roy served out the rest of his war service as a POW.
The following text is an extract from Roy's Australian Military Force statement by a Repatriated POW (the full document is under Documents):
Dated: 29 April 1945 Place: Kalamata, Greece
“We were evacuating British and Australian wounded personnel from Lavadia to Athens. On arriving at destination, we transferred the wounded to hospital. Then we received the order to evacuate Greece. We went on board the ‘Hellas’. The ship was destroyed by German aircraft and the ship was in flames. I swam across the harbour, away from the burning ship. We were then taken down to Kalamata where we waited transport ships, but they never arrived. The enemy parachutists arrived and we beat them off. But then the German army arrived and after a little action the commanding officer gave the order that we must surrender.”
On 9 July 1945 Roy was evacuated from Austria to the AIF camp in the UK for recovering POW's. Roy left the UK to return to Australia on 14 September 1945 arriving in NSW on 19 September 1945 from where he was then discharged on 29 September 1945 returning home to Perth.
In 1947 Roy married Noela Margaret Boardman and then in 1964 Roy married a second time to Gladys Alice Butson in Perth, where he and his wife lived until Roy's death.
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