KIESELBACH, Stewart
| Service Number: | SX16817 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 January 1942, Wayville, SA |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Portland, VIC, 1 January 1923 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
| Died: | 23 May 2011, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Medika, Garden Walk 1, Position 5 |
| Memorials: | South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
World War 2 Service
| 27 Jan 1942: | Involvement Sergeant, SX16817 | |
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| 27 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
| 27 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, SX16817 | |
| 1 Feb 1946: | Discharged | |
| 1 Feb 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, SX16817, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Mr. Kieselbach enlisted with the AIF in January, 1942. He served with the 1st Aust. Armoured Division in NSW and Western Australia until the division was disbanded. When the units were re-allocated he was made an instructor, and served for the rest of the war training reinforcements for the divisions engaged in combat with, the Japan ese. During this time he was in Bathurst (NSW) and Canungra (Qld).
Mr. Kieselbach was a cadet journalist at the time of his enlistment, and returned to "The Border Watch" in February, 1946, as a reporter. He resides with his mother, Mrs. E. A. Kieselbach, of James Street, Mt. Gambier.
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