PAGE, Keith Aubrey
| Service Number: | WX7492 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 August 1940, Claremont, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Athelstone, South Australia, 7 January 1919 |
| Home Town: | Welshpool, Canning, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Factory Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua New Guinea, 8 September 1942, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 6 Aug 1940: | Involvement Private, WX7492 | |
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| 6 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Claremont, WA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Keith was one of nine children of Albert (Bert) Page (b1882 in Oaklands, South Australia) and Bessie Lloyd Kenack (b1884 in Edwardstown, South Australia). Bert (a Labourer) and Bessie married in Adelaide SA in 1912, and by 1920 had moved with their children to Western Austrlai where they settled in Welshpool. Bert worked as a Labourer and Motor Driver, and following their separation in 1945 (Divorce 1948) Bessie was a Boardinghousekeeper.
Keith was living in Welshpool in August 1940 when he enlisted in the Australian Army (Private; Service No:WX7492) and was attached to 2/16 Infantry Battalion when he was KiA in New Guinea in September 1942. Four of Keith's brothers also served in WWII - Douglas Hebert, Norman Ian, Ronald Arthur and Ernest Lincoln.