Gilbert Thomas KEATS

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Service Number:	SX12776
Enlisted:	14 May 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Unley, SA, 24 May 1917
Home Town:	Dulwich, Burnside, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer's Assistant
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

14 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX12776, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
29 May 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX12776, AIF Headquarters (Egypt), Adelaide, SA 'Convoy US13' To Staging Camp for further training
1 Nov 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX12776, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, Declared Missing later confirmed PoW.
2 Nov 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX12776, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War, Per Service record - declared 'Safe in Allied Hands' 27 June 1945
25 Jul 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX12776, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, 'B17' Rangitara repatriation to Australia
22 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX12776, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion

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Younger brother of Ellen KEATS, one of the nurses murdered at Bangka Island on 16 Feb 42, by Japanese troops.

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