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CONWAY, Kevin Leo
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | VX52743, Vx52743 |
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Enlisted: | 4 April 1941 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 July 1918 |
Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer fitter |
Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia , 8 June 1984, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Albany Creek Memorial Park-Cemetery & Crematorium, Queensland |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
4 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX52743 | |
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29 Jul 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX52743, 2nd/4th Field Workshop, Graded Driver Mech Group III | |
1 Sep 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX52743, 2nd/4th Field Workshop, Embarked in Sydney for Middle East | |
7 Nov 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Vx52743, 3 Workshop Company, In Middle East | |
29 Jan 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX52743, 3 Workshop Company, Embarked in Middle East for return to Australia (Sydney) | |
12 May 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX52743, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion, Taken on strength 2/23 Inf Bn | |
25 Oct 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX52743, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion, Embarked in Sydney aboard HMAS Canberra for New Guinea | |
1 Feb 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX52743 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Karan CAMPBELL-DAVIS
This soldier initially enlisted under the name of Kevin MCDONALD, but provided a Statutory Declaration 2 months later, to notify his real name was Kevin Leo CONWAY. The Statutory Declaration is contained within his Service Record on page 20.