PARNCUTT, Keith Dean
| Service Number: | W50554 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 January 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Canteen Service |
| Born: | Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia, 16 June 1909 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Fremantle, Western Australia, 23 September 1965, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 6 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, W50554 | |
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| 19 Jun 1942: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, HQ Rottnest | |
| 8 Jan 1943: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, Australian Army Canteen Service | |
| 2 Sep 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, W50554, Australian Army Canteen Service, ex Townsville to Port Moresby per Katoomba | |
| 22 Mar 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, W50554, Australian Army Canteen Service, ex Lae to Sydney per Marella | |
| 16 Jun 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, W50554, Australian Army Canteen Service, ex Brisbane to Lae per Duntroon | |
| 18 Dec 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, W50554, Australian Army Canteen Service, ex Ewak to Sydney per Implacable | |
| 14 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, W50554 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Lance Sergeant Keith Dean Parncutt (Service No:W50554) enlisted in the AMF on 6 January 1942 and was a Private attached to HQ Rottnest. Promoted to Lance Sergeant on 19 June 1942, he transferred to Australian Army Canteen Service (New Guinea Detachment) and served in New Guinea on two occasions (21 August 1943 - 19 March 1945 and 5 June 1945 - 18 December 1945). Lance Sergeant Parncutt was Discharged on 14 January 1946.
Born in 1909 in Subiaco, Perth WA, Keith was the second of five children (and only son) of John Parncutt (b1883 in Sydney, NSW) and Lily Maud Woolcock (b1883 in Ballarat, Victoria). John (a Junior Porter with WAGR) and Lily married in Perth in 1907 and settled in Subiaco where they raised their family and John worked with WAGR as a Porter and Clerk.
Keith worked as a Shop Assistant and in 1940 in Cottesloe, Fremantle married Sheila Mary Morgan (b1914 in Fremantle, WA). Keith and Sheila settled in Fremantle where Keith worked as a Shop assistant and Clerk. Keith died in 1965 and Sheila in 1990.