GUIDERA, Keith
| Service Number: | W24564 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 February 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Australian Cinema Unit |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, 27 June 1915 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storeman |
| Died: | Fremantle, Western Australia, 23 August 1988, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia MCB-309136-M7P2T1 KC00093028 Cremation |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 22 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W24564 | |
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| 18 Aug 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W24564, Australian Cinema Unit, embarked Brisbane for Lae per Ormiston, then later emplaned to Wewak | |
| 27 Dec 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W24564, Australian Cinema Unit, embarked Lae to Brisbane per Duntroon | |
| 24 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W24564 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Keith Guidera (Service No:W24564) enlisted in the ACMF on 22 February 1941 and was attached to 44th Infantry Battalion. Private Guidera served with a number of Gun Stations and 22nd and 29th Anti Aircraft Batteries. On 18 August 1945, Private Guidera was attached to the Australian Cinema Unit when he embarked from Brisbane for Lae on board the Ormiston, and later emplaned for Wewak. On 27 December 1945 he embarked from Lae for Brisbane on board the Duntroon, and was attached to 1 Australian Cinema Unit at Discharge on 24 January 1946.
Born in 1915 in Fremantle WA, Keith and his twin Ken were the youngest of seven children of Thomas Aloysius Guidera (b1866 in Virginia, South Australia) and Honorah (Hannah) Agnes Mulconray (b1878 at Emu Downs in South Australia). Thomas (a Labourer) and Hannah married in 1902 in Fremantle WA, where they settled and raised their family and Thomas worked as a Labourer until his death in 1929.
Keith was a Storeman in Fremantle when he enlisted in the ACMF. In 1942 in Fremantle WA, he married Betty Laurel Joyce McLennan (b1918 in Perth, WA). Following his Discharge, Keith and Betty settled in Fremantle WA where they raised their family and Keith worked as a Storeman and Truck Driver. Keith died in 1988 and Betty in 1990.