Oliver John (Joe) KEYS

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KEYS, Oliver John

Service Number:	SX6068
Enlisted:	21 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Natimuk, Victoria, Australia, 8 February 1916
Home Town:	McLaren Vale, Onkaparinga, South Australia
Schooling:	Natimuk, Victoria, and McLaren Vale, South Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 2 January 1968, aged 51 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick garden
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

21 Jun 1940:	Involvement Private, SX6068
21 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
21 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX6068
5 Dec 1945:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Marilyn Davis

Married Isobel Margaret Clark. Children Marilyn Joan keys. Born 1949. Joe was one of 5 children of Albert John Keys &Annie (Humphries). Joe was the only son with sisters Nancy Nora Peggy & Marion being the youngest. His only child Marilyn married Trevor Davis. Oliver John (Joe) Keys was in the machine gun battalion & was captured when Singapore fell to the Japanese. He became missing in action then found a POW in Changi prison. Three years he was a prisoner of war working on the Burma railway. The service he did for his country will never be forgotten. His family remembers with pride & gratitude.

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