EATON, Kenneth Raymond
| Service Numbers: | NX58263 , NX58263 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Ammunition Depot |
| Born: | Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia , 11 January 1923 |
| Home Town: | Lane Cove, Lane Cove, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Crow's Nest Central School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Storeman |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 7 April 2005, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Monument in NSW Garden of Remembrance at Rookwood Necropolis, Lidcombe NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 19 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX58263 , Enlisted at Paddington NSW | |
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| 19 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, NX58263 | |
| 23 Nov 1940: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Appointed as Acting Corporal with AAOC Training Depot. | |
| 27 Jun 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX58263 , Ordnance Stores Companies, Embarked with 2/1st Ordnance Stores Coy, for service in the Middle East. | |
| 24 Jun 1942: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, Ordnance Stores Companies, Appointed as Acting Sergeant with 2/1st Ordnance Stores Coy. Confirmed in rank of Sergeant on 7th March 1943. | |
| 28 Feb 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, NX58263 , 2nd/14th Ordnance Stores Company, Embarked aboard HMAT Bonteko in Townsville for Milne Bay, New Guinea | |
| 19 Sep 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, NX58263, 2nd/14th Ordnance Stores Company, Embarked at Madang aboard MS "Gorgon" for return to Australia | |
| 22 May 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, Ammunition Depot, Transferred to 2nd Australian Base Ammunition Depot | |
| 12 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, NX58263 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Karan CAMPBELL-DAVIS
Kenneth Raymond EATON was born in Cremorne NSW Australia on 11th January 1923, to parents Raymond Alfred and Leila Violet (née KIMBER) EATON.
Kenneth put his age up three years when he enlisted in the 2nd Australian Imperial Force at Paddington NSW, on 19th July 1940. A 17 year old single storeman, who was 5'8" with blue eyes and fair hair, and living with his parents in Lane Cove at the time, he was enlisted as a Private with the service number NX58263. He completed his recruit training with 1st Recruit Reception Battalion and 2nd Infantry Training Battalion in Sydney, before being assigned to the Australian Army Ordnance Corps, on 23rd October 1940.
Kenneth was promoted to Acting Corporal on 23rd November 1940, and attended training for non commissioned officers at Randwick, in January 1941. He was transferred to the 2/2nd Ordnance Stores Company at Liverpool on 11th March 1941.
On 27th June 1941, Kenneth embarked aboard HMAT "BB" for service in the Middle East, with the 2/1st Ordnance Stores Company. He was promoted to Acting Sergeant on 24th June 1942, and was confirmed in that rank 9 months later. He returned to Australia on 25th March 1942, only to embark for service in New Guinea on 14th July that same year, with 2/14th Ordnance Stores Company.
On 10th October 1944, Kenneth returned to Australia, and served in the 2nd Base Ammunition Depot, Bogan Gate NSW, until being discharged due to demobilisation on 12th October 1945. He was subsequently awarded the 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, 1939-45 War Medal and the Australia Service Medal for his service, 1,092 days of which were outside Australia. He was also issued the Returned from Active Service Badge, number A117541.
Following the end of the War, Kenneth married Daphne Edith EVANS at Chatswood in 1950, and worked as a clerk with the NSW Postmaster-General's Department in Sydney. He died in the Sydney Adventist Hospital, Wahroonga, on 7th April 2005, aged 82. There's a monument to his Service in the NSW Garden of Remembrance at Rookwood Necropolis, Lidcombe (Sydney).
Compiled by Karan CAMPBELL-DAVIS from historical records kept by Births, Deaths and Marriages NSW, the National Archives of Australia, the Ryerson Index and Find A Grave website.
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