Kenneth Gilbert ("Sin Shifter") BLACKWELL

BLACKWELL, Kenneth Gilbert

Service Number: QX53993
Enlisted: 9 August 1943
Last Rank: Captain
Last Unit: 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 20 January 1916
Home Town: Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Tasmania, Australia, 10 April 2017, aged 101 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

9 Aug 1943: Involvement Captain, QX53993
9 Aug 1943: Enlisted
9 Aug 1943: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, QX53993
16 Apr 1945: Involvement Captain, QX53993, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945, Attached.
28 Dec 1945: Discharged
28 Dec 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, QX53993

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

2/17 Bn Campaign - BORNEO (Capt., Unit Chaplain)

Attached to 2/17 Bn on 11 Jan 1945 from Australian Army Chaplain's Department.