MADDOX, Roy Wesley
| Service Number: | VX16809 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 March 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Canteen Service |
| Born: | Preston, Victoria, Australia, 16 August 1906 |
| Home Town: | Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness, Victoria, Victoria, Australia, 15 December 1945, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Methodist Section Grave 7B |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, VX16809 | |
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| 18 Mar 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX16809 | |
| 5 May 1940: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX16809, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion , From GDD Royal Park Melbourne Posted to 2nd Reinforcement’s 5th Battalion on HT X5 for United Kingdom | |
| 27 Jun 1940: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Aug 1940: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2), Transferred to Force Provost Unit United Kingdom for duty. | |
| 2 Oct 1940: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, Australian Army Provost Corps (WW2) | |
| 19 Oct 1940: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 9th Division Headquarters, Posted to 9th Australian Division Provost Company UK for duty in the Middle East. | |
| 13 Aug 1941: | Wounded Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, VX16809, 9th Division Headquarters, Siege of Tobruk, WIA Multiple Shrapnel Wounds Tobruk evacuated to 4th Australian General Hospital then onward to 2nd AGH Egypt for treatment and convalescence. | |
| 29 May 1942: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, Headquarters (2nd AIF), Marchin to HQ ME Staging Camp Palestine, for transfer to Australia. Medical Board Fit for service not on Active Service overseas. | |
| 18 Mar 1943: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Anti Aircraft Training Regiment/s / units, Posted to 112th AAR Watsonia from GDD Caulfield Victoria for duty | |
| 25 Oct 1943: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Australian Army Canteen Service, Posted to AACS LHQ Melbourne for duty. | |
| 14 Aug 1944: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Australian Army Canteen Service | |
| 30 Aug 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX16809, Australian Army Canteen Service, Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit. Long Service Returned Personnel ex 2nd/31st Battalion UK. Unit for Discharge 9th Division Provost Company. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Pam Hamilton
Williamstown Chronicle 21st December 1945:
Mr R. W. MADDOX.
Flags at the town hall and Memorial Hall were flown at half mast on Monday out of respect to the memory of Mr Roy Wesley Maddox, of 52 Electra St., who died suddenly on Saturday evening.
Deceased was born at Preston 38 years ago, and served with the 2/31st Australian Infantry Batt., A.I.F., and was at Tobruk. He had only been discharged from the A.I.F. two months after over four
years service. He leaves a widow (formerly Miss Blodwyn Parry) and one son to mourn their loss. The funeral, very largely attended, at which many beautiful floral tributes were received, took place on
Monday afternoon, 'leaving Ernest W. Jackson's funeral chapel for interment in the local cemetery.
The coffin, covered with the Union Jack, on which rested deceased's Digger hat and a laurel and poppy wreath from the local branch of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A., was carried to the grave by returned comrades, who also acted as pall-bearers.
The Rev. H. Griffiths held a service in the chapel and officiated at 'the cemetery, and as a returned padre conducted the returned soldiers' burial service.