KILIAN, Charles Godfrey
| Service Number: | WX22205 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 December 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Kirup, Western Australia, 15 September 1907 |
| Home Town: | Dowerin, Dowerin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Shoalwater Bay, Western Australia, 3 December 1988, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 15 Dec 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, WX22205 | |
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| 24 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, WX22205 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Charles was the youngest of three children of Charles Frederick Kilian (b1877 in Warnambool, Victoria) and May Stinton (b1867 in Picton Junction, WA). Charles Snr (a Railway Employee) and May married in Boyanup WA in 1899. The couple lived in Picton, Kirup, Quairading and Moora in WA where Charles Snr was a Railway Worker, including Station Master.
Charles was a Bank Clerk when he married Thelma Jean Field (b1908 in Dongara WA) in 1930 in Geraldton WA. The couple were living in Perth, where Charles was a Bank Clerk, when he enlisted in the Australian Army in December 1942. Charles was a Corporal (Service No:WX22205) attached to Signals 7 Australian Division when he was Discharged in January 1946.
Charles and Thelma lived in Dowerin, Three Springs, Goomalling and Narrogin, where Charles was a Bank Manager (National Bank) before settling in Perth in the early 1960s. Following Charles' retirement in 1975, the couple moved to Shoalwater Bay near Rockingham WA. Charles died in 1988 and Thelma in 1992.