
ST CLAIR, Keith Harry Vincent
Service Number: | NX71335 |
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Enlisted: | 31 March 1941, Paddington, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 103 aka 3 Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, 7 September 1917 |
Home Town: | Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Kensington |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Killed In Action, Egypt, 14 July 1942, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
El Alamein War Cemetery |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Keith Harry Vincent ST. CLAIR was born on 7th September, 1917 in Sydney
His parents were Henry (Harry) Vincent ST.CLAIR and Beatrice Violet WALL who married in Sydney in 1908
Keith married Dawn Gilbert SNELLING in 1941 in Sydney
Biography
"...NX71335 Gunner Keith Harry Vincent St Clair, 3 Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery from Randwick, NSW. A 24 year old when he enlisted on 31 March 1941, he was killed in action on 14 July 1942 in the First Battle of El Alamein. Gunner St Clair is buried in the El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)