Keith Gittus BRADSHAW

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BRADSHAW, Keith Gittus

Service Number:	8406
Enlisted:	31 January 1940, Laverton, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia, 4 September 1913
Home Town:	Claremont, Glenorchy, Tasmania
Schooling:	unknown
Occupation:	Cadbury Factory employee
Died:	Ground Battle, Tarakan, Borneo, 31 May 1945, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Labuan War Cemetery Plot 27, Row B, Grave 16, Labuan War Cemetery, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

31 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 8406, Laverton, Victoria
31 May 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 8406

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Sergeant Keith Gittus Bradshaw 8406 was killed by a Japanese hand grenade during an attack on the 8 Airfield Construction Squadron (8MWS) camp at Tarakan, Borneo

Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Keith Gittus BRADSHAW was born in New Norfolk, Tasmania on 4th September, 1913

His mother was Olive Robina BRADSHAW - no fathers name recorded - his stepfather was William RUSSELL

He married Thalia Mildred Georgina GODFREY - she remarried to a Jack BAKER and died in 2012

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