Soldier profiles
Name : WILSON, KEITH VIVIAN
Service Number : 33427 (VX14154)
Date of Birth : 13/06/1919
Place of Birth : MELBOURNE, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : CONFECTIONER (WHITTLESEA)
Date of Enlistment : 06/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : BORONIA, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : WILSON, W
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 22/05/1946
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : INDO/CHINA
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0094 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 1033784 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 225kB), Past article (size 598kB), Past article (size 191kB)
Background : Repatriated to Australia on M.V. Highland Chieftain. Married to Iris (nee Wells) Saturday 02/09/1950. Served in the Korean War as well.
