CHECK, Keith Joseph
| Service Numbers: | N223248, NX100269 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 November 1941, Keith served as a Gunner in the 1st Medical Unit, in the Citizens Military Force (CMF) from 5/11/41 to 22/7/42 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55 Composite Anti Aircraft Regiment |
| Born: | Pyrmont, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 10 July 1921 |
| Home Town: | Coogee, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Hairdresser |
| Died: | Natural causes, Maroubra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 29 April 2012, aged 90 years |
| Cemetery: |
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Rose Gardens, Garden K1, Position 76 |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 5 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, N223248, Keith served as a Gunner in the 1st Medical Unit, in the Citizens Military Force (CMF) from 5/11/41 to 22/7/42 | |
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| 23 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX100269 | |
| 24 Sep 1943: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , 55 Composite Anti Aircraft Regiment, After initial service in 1 Medical Regiment and 2/12 Australian General Hospital within the Queensland Line of Communication, Keith was transferred to 55 Composite Anti Aircraft Regiment within the Victoria Line of Communication. | |
| 20 Nov 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , NX100269, 55 Composite Anti Aircraft Regiment, Australia's Front Line (incl Darwin Defenders), Keith served in the Northern Territory as a Gunner and for a brief period of time as as a Gun Layer. | |
| 6 Jun 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX100269 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Matthew Rutkin
Keith Joseph Check was the fifth child and third son of Frank Check, a hairdresser, and his wife Helena Bray of Pyrmont in Sydney. The family lived in Harris Street above the hairdressing shop.
After Keith's mother died when he was 12, the family moved to Coogee.
Keith enlisted in the Citizen's Military Force in WW2 and later enlisted in the 2nd AIF. He served as a Gunner and Gun Layer in the Northern Territory with the 55 Composite Anti Aircraft Regiment.
After the war Keith's unit was demobilised and he was discharged.
Keith worked as a hairdresser the same as his father and older sister.
On 6 November 1948 Keith married Patricia Helen Moloney in Sydney. They raised four children together at Maroubra, where Keith later died at the age of 90.
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