GEYER, Kevin Victor
| Service Number: | NX47935 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 5 September 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | No. 1 Independent Company |
| Born: | TENTERFIELD, NSW, 13 March 1918 |
| Home Town: | Casino, Richmond Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea |
| Memorials: | Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial, Tenterfield & District Fallen Roll of Honor WW2 |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lance Corporal, NX47935 | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX47935, No. 1 Independent Company | |
| 1 Jul 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX47935, No. 1 Independent Company, Prisoners of War |
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Kevin Victor Geyer (1919-1942),
Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Kevin Victor Geyer, No. 1 Independent Company, of Tenterfield, NSW enlisted and served on the island of New Ireland. He was taken prisoner of war (POW) following the Japanese invasion of January 1942 and held at Rabaul, New Britain. On 22 June 1942 L Cpl Geyer was one of an estimated 845 POWs and 209 civilians who embarked from Rabaul aboard the Japanese transport ship MV Montevideo Maru. The POWs were members of the No. 1 Independent Company, 2/22 Battalion and other units of Lark Force. Civilians included officials of the New Guinea Administration and missionaries. The ship sailed unescorted for Hainan Island. On 1 July 1942 all the prisoners died when the Montevideo Maru was torpedoed by a US Navy submarine, USS Sturgeon, off the coast of Luzon Island in the Philippines.
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