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DAVIS, Keith Lewis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | QX23904 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 5 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/3rd Ordnance Stores Company |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 7 April 1913 |
| Home Town: | Greenslopes, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Avitaminosis (vitamin deficiency) whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Thailand, 14 October 1943, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Burial reference: - Plot 3, Row F, Collective grave 59-65. Personal inscription: - "EVER REMEMBERED". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lance Sergeant, QX23904 | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, QX23904 | |
| 5 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX23904 | |
| 7 Oct 1941: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 2nd/3rd Ordnance Stores Company | |
| 19 Oct 1941: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 2nd/3rd Ordnance Stores Company | |
| 29 Oct 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX23904, 2nd/3rd Ordnance Stores Company, Embarked from Sydney on HMAT "Z" bound for Singapore. Disembarked in Singapore on 20 Nov 1941. | |
| 5 Nov 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 8 Dec 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX23904, 2nd/3rd Ordnance Stores Company, Malaya/Singapore | |
| 10 Jan 1942: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, 2nd/3rd Ordnance Stores Company | |
| 16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Died whilst a prisoner of war. | |
| 14 Oct 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, QX23904, 2nd/3rd Ordnance Stores Company, D.O.D. while a P.O.W. | |
| 14 Oct 1943: | Discharged |
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Parents: - John William Davis and Louisa Pritchard, (married 1899 in Newtown, New South Wales) of Greenslopes, Queensland, Australia.
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