Mervyn Charles Henry Sharp

Mervyn Charles Henry Sharp

Personal Information
Date of Birth	1 Feb 1922
Place of Birth	Subiaco, Western Australia
Death	27 Dec 1988
Place of Death	Bentley, Western Australia
Age at Enlistment	19 years, 8 month
Description	6'0" (1.83) tall ; ; dark complexion ; brown eyes ; dark hair ; appendix scar
Occupation	Assistant storeman
Religion	Congregational
Address	William street, Armadale, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Mother , Mrs. Maude Sharp
Military Information
Reg Number	W20833 & WX27250
Date of Enlistment	10 Aug 1942
Rank	Private
Unit/Formation	Z Special Unit
Military Movement
1st Departure from Australia
Journey Dates	2 Jun 1945
Transport Details	unknown Australia to Morotai
Return to Australia
Journey Dates	. "." contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation. ‒ 8 Oct 1945
Transport Details	unknown Morotai to Australia
Post War Details
Fate	Returned to Australia
Medals	Pacific Star War Medal 1939-45 Australian Service Medal 1939-45

War Service

Mervyn enlisted in the part time CMF at Armadale on 21 Oct 1941 and was called up for full time service on 5 Jan 1942. His inital unit was the 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment ww2 at Bunbury, later moving to Wanneroo. On 30 Jan 1942, with his unit known as 10th Australian Reconnaissance Battalion, he was charged with being AWOL from 1:00am 25 Jan 1942 to 12:45am 26 Jan 1942. He was awarded two days Confined to Barracks and the forfeiture of a day's pay. Mervyn was allocated to A Company of the reconnaissance unit. On 10 Aug 1942 Mervyn enlists in the 2nd AIF with a new regimental number of WX27250.

On 9 Jul 1942 Mervyn was transferred to the 109th Reserve Motor Transport Company, but on 3 Aug 1942 he transfers to 137th Australian General Transport Company. He then was transferred to 139th Australian General Transport Company on 4 Sep 1942, He was graded as a Trade Group III Storeman on 18 Dec 1942 for pay purposes. On 12 May 1943 Mervyn was admitted to the 5th Australian Light Field Ambulance until 5 Jun 1943 when he was released to 3rd Advanced Reinforcement Depot with him then returning to his unit on 10 Jun 1943. In September he was granted 5 days leave.

On 2 Feb 1945 Mervyn left Western Australia for the Australian Reinforcement Training Battalion (Jungle Warfare) at Cunungra in Queensland, arriving there on 6 Feb 1945. Training completed he was held by the 5th Australian Advanced Reinforcement Depot from 3 April until 17 May 1945 when he was posted to Z Special Unit. His records show that he was moved to Morotai and served with his Special Force unit outside Australian teritory from 2 Jun 1945 until 8 Oct 1945. On his return, 4 Nov 1945, he was posted to the Western Command Recruit Reception & General Details Depot for reallocation. On 8 Nov 1945 he was transferred to the 124th Australian General Transport Company, but with reducing need, he was transferred back to Western Command Recruit Reception & General Details Depot's Discharge Section on 14 Dec 1945 and they discharged Mervyn on 17 Dec 1945.

Post War

Aug 1984 at Flat 507 Bey Apartments, 112 Goderich street, Perth