Keith Hamilton WADE MID

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Service Number:	PA/V40
Enlisted:	9 November 1941, Port Adelaide
Last Rank:	Lieutenant Commander
Last Unit:	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Born:	East Adelaide, South Australia, 4 July 1915
Home Town:	Plympton, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Occupation:	Manager
Died:	Cromwell, Central Otago, New Zealand, 12 June 2012, aged 96 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Privately Cremated

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9 Nov 1941:	Involvement Lieutenant, PA/V40, HMAS Torrens (Depot) / HMAS Encounter (Shore)
9 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant, PA/V40
9 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Port Adelaide
25 Dec 1942:	Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Sub Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
25 Dec 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
2 Jun 1945:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Minesweeping - ML 168 (M/S) - MID awarded for gallantry, outstanding skill and devotion to duty in minesweeping operations over dense and shallow minefields in the opening up of Greek ports in the Gulf of Corinth.
29 Nov 1945:	Discharged

30 Jun 1953:	Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant Commander, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
9 Jan 1965:	Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant Commander, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Retired from service

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