Kenneth (Ken) GUIDERA

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GUIDERA, Kenneth

Service Number:	WX22346
Enlisted:	2 March 1943
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Fremantle, Western Australia, 27 June 1915
Home Town:	Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stable Hand
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, 11 February 1972, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia
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World War 2 Service

2 Mar 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX22346
25 May 1946:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX22346, embarked Sydney for Kure per Westralia
11 Dec 1947:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX22346

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Kenneth Guidera (Service No:WX22346) served in the Army as a Private from 2 March 1943 to 11 December 1947. Private Guidera served in the Northern Territory (Adelaide River) from 7 October 1944 to 23 January 1946 with 26 Australian Motor Regiment. As part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) he served in Japan from 25 May 1946 to 29 October 1947 with 124 Transport Platoon. Private Guidera was attached to HQ 7 Military District (MD) at Discharge on 11 December 1947. His twin brother, Keith, also served in WWII.

Born in 1915 in Fremantle WA, Ken and his twin Keith were the sixth and seventh of seven children of Thomas Aloysius Guidera (b1866 in Virginia, South Australia) and Honorah (Hannah) Agnes Mulconray (b1878 at Emu Downs in South Australia). Thomas (a Labourer) and Hannah married in 1902 in Fremantle WA, where they settled and raised their family and Thomas was a Labourer until his death in 1929.

Ken worked as a Stable Hand - and served two years with the Naval Reserves - in Fremantle before his enlistment. Following his Discharge, Ken returned to Fremantle where he worked as a Yardman and Labourer. Ken died in 1972.

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