Frederick Keith MAUDSLEY

MAUDSLEY, Frederick Keith

Service Numbers: V63146, CV104048
Enlisted: 13 March 1941
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies
Born: Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 21 February 1915
Home Town: Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Furrier, labourer, munition workers
Died: Cancer, Melbourne Victoria Australia , 8 March 1961, aged 46 years
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
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World War 2 Service

13 Mar 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V63146
13 Mar 1941: Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Driver, 4th Australian Army Service Corps Company, sent to Darwin to supply rations and build roads for the 2nd/aif
13 Mar 1941: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Driver, V63146, 108th Reserve Motor Transport
4 Jun 1943: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Driver, CV104048, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies, Australia's Front Line (incl Darwin Defenders), Keith helped build the stuart highway whilst helping in the battle of Darwin
1 Jan 1944: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Driver, V63146, Royal Australian Army Service Corps, Discharged in 1944-1945 from the AASC
1 Jan 1944: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Driver, V63146, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
16 Nov 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Driver, CV104048, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies
Date unknown: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Driver, CV104048, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies, Keith was discharged a few months after joining the AMF, joined the CCC and than began to work in Alice Springs from 1941-1945 and also Darwin during the bombings
Date unknown: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V63146

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Biography contributed by Christian Heslop

Keith originally wanted to enlist in the RAAF but because he had a truck the army sent him up to build the roads between Darwin and Alice Springs