Ronald Kieth (Keith) WHITE

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WHITE, Ronald Kieth

Service Numbers:	S112089, SX35502
Enlisted:	20 January 1943
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 12 October 1923
Home Town:	Norwood (SA), South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, 20 March 1986, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Acacia B, Path BN, Grave 638
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World War 2 Service

20 Jan 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S112089
1 Nov 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S112089
2 Nov 1944:	Involvement Private, S112089
2 Nov 1944:	Involvement Private, SX35502
2 Nov 1944:	Enlisted Pt Wakefield, SA
2 Nov 1944:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX35502
9 Feb 1945:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Ronald Kieth White (Service Nos:S112089/SX35502) initially served in the ACMF (Gunner) from 20 January 1943 to 1 November 1944 with Australian Proof and Experimental Section - Army Inspection Staff (SA) - having put his age up to enlist. Private White enlisted in the AIF on 2 November 1943, and was attached to 9 Detention Barracks at Discharge on 9 February 1945.

Keith was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1925, eldest child of Eunice Ada Ellen Cramond (b1906 in Perth, WA) - in 1939 Eunice married William (Bill) Francis Mercer in Perth.

Keith was a Labourer in Adelaide in 1941, and following his Discharge from the Army, was in Adelaide in 1947 when he married Shirley Joyce Gully (b1925 in Adelaide, SA). Keith and Shirley raised their family in Adelaide, and in 1983 Keith was in Perth WA (NAA), where he died in 1986 (WA BDM Registration No: 101301).

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