James Henry (Jimmy) WARD

WARD, James Henry

    Service Number: VX110186
    Enlisted: 30 September 1942, The 2/2 Commando Squadron where among the first Australian Soldiers to be trained in Guerrilla Warfare and to successfully put it to practice. The Company fought the Japanese to a standstill in the Timor months before Australia’s main force at New Guinea halted Japan on the Kokoda Track. News got back to Australia, and around the world, that the 2/2 men were fighting and fighting hard, the campaign proved to be a huge morale boost during the nation’s darkest hour. The company played a crucial role in tying up thousands of troops in the mountains of Timor. For many months they kept the enemy at bay and had successfully ambushed them and had them running in circles.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 2nd/2nd Commando Squadron
    Born: Maffra, Victoria, Australia, 27 April 1924
    Home Town: Haberfield, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Maffra, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Sheet Metal Worker, Undertaker, Fireman (State Transit Enfield Marshaling Yards)
    Died: Died from effects of injuries namely intra abdominal injuries accidentally received when he was crushed between two buffers of the two engines at Enfield Marshalling Yards , Enfield, New South Wales, Australia, 3 February 1954, aged 29 years
    Cemetery: Rookwood Catholic Cemeteries and Crematoria, New South Wales, Australia
    Sect. M2 Row 18 Plot 3077
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    World War 2 Service

    30 Sep 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX110186
    30 Sep 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX110186, 2nd/2nd Commando Squadron, The 2/2 Commando Squadron where among the first Australian Soldiers to be trained in Guerrilla Warfare and to successfully put it to practice. The Company fought the Japanese to a standstill in the Timor months before Australia’s main force at New Guinea halted Japan on the Kokoda Track. News got back to Australia, and around the world, that the 2/2 men were fighting and fighting hard, the campaign proved to be a huge morale boost during the nation’s darkest hour. The company played a crucial role in tying up thousands of troops in the mountains of Timor. For many months they kept the enemy at bay and had successfully ambushed them and had them running in circles.
    30 Sep 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX110186

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