STROUD, Keith
| Service Number: | W30972 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 July 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19 Garrison Battalion (WA) |
| Born: | Woking, England , 9 July 1914 |
| Home Town: | Busselton, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dairy Farmer |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 11 December 1975, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia MCB-205728-H2Y4L9 FC00005053 ashes taken by Funeral Director |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 27 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W30972, 19 Garrison Battalion (WA) | |
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| 1 Feb 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W30972, 19 Garrison Battalion (WA) | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W30972, 19 Garrison Battalion (WA) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Keith was the youngest of two children of Francis (Frank) William Stroud (b1882 in Someset, England) and Susan Mary Vagg (b1879 in Glamorganshire, Wales). Frank (a Tailor) and Susan married in 1907 in Devon, before moving to Surrey where Frank was a Master Tailor. He served in the RAF in WWI (Service No:7916) and in 1923 the family immigrated to Fremantle WA, arriving on board the Esperance Bay. Frank and Susan settled in Busselton WA where Frank was a Farmer.
Keith was working as a Dairy Farmer at Boallia near Busselton when he enlisted in the ACMF in July 1941. He was a Private (Service No:W30972) attached to 19 Garrison Battalion when he was Discharged in 1945.
Keith continued to work as a Dairy Farmer in BoAllia, Busselton before moving to Woooroloo Sanatorium Farm in the late 1950s with wife Yvonne (b1920). Keith was a Dairy Hand on the farm, and following Yvonne's death in 1962, he moved to the Kimberley in WA where he was Curator at Anna Plains Station near Broome. Keith died in 1975.
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