Keith Gordon ARNOTT

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Service Number:	VX2931
Enlisted:	31 October 1939, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., 18 September 1916
Home Town:	Collingwood, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Rubber Moulder (Unemployed)
Died:	Accidental, New Guinea, 8 July 1945, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot MM. Row A. Grave 10. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER LOVED AND REMEMBERED".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX2931
31 Oct 1939:	Enlisted East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
31 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX2931, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion
8 Jul 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX2931, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion, Died from compound skull fracture as a result of accidentally falling off a cliff whilst on patrol in the Mamil area, New Guinea.

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2/6 Battalion

Rank - Private

4 November 1942 - Court Martialled for being AWOL from 30/8/1942 to 29/9/1942 at Nagambie, Victoria. Pleaded guilty and was reprimanded

Son of Rickard and Marjorie Lois Arnott; Husband of Elizabeth Joy Arnott, of South Caulfield. Victoria.