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REID, Keith Albert
Personal Details
Service Number: | SX2144 |
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Enlisted: | 17 March 1940, Allotted to this unit on enlistment. Entrained 4 M.D for 3 M.D. Taken on strength from 4 M.D.(South Australia) to 3 M.D. Broadmeadows NSW 18 May 1940. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/1st Boring Platoon |
Born: | Balaklava, South Australia, 28 April 1914 |
Home Town: | Balaklava, Wakefield, South Australia |
Schooling: | Balaklava School, South Australia |
Occupation: | Mechanic |
Died: | Vehicle Accident, Balaklava, South Australia, 26 April 1998, aged 83 years |
Cemetery: |
Balaklava Public Cemetery, S.A. |
Memorials: | Balaklava District WW2 Roll of Honour, Owen District Roll of Honour WW2 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
17 Mar 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX2144, 2nd/1st Machine Gun Battalion, Allotted to this unit on enlistment. Entrained 4 M.D for 3 M.D. Taken on strength from 4 M.D.(South Australia) to 3 M.D. Broadmeadows NSW 18 May 1940. | |
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26 Mar 1940: | Involvement Sapper, SX2144 | |
26 Mar 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX2144 | |
18 May 1940: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Machine Gun Training Depots | |
21 Oct 1940: | Transferred Machine Gun Training Depots, Dispatched to Cookery School Training Department, Mooroopna NSW | |
29 Dec 1940: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Embarked from Melbourne Victoria for Middle East and Disembarked 30 January 1941. | |
26 Feb 1941: | Transferred Sapper, 2nd/1st Boring Platoon, Taken on strength from Company Training Regiment, Egypt to 2nd/1st Australian Boring Section until 21 October 1943. | |
16 Dec 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), 2nd/1st Boring Platoon, Discharged at Wayville, South Australia | |
16 Dec 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX2144 |
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