Roderick Oliver (Dick) KAYESS

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KAYESS, Roderick Oliver

Service Number:	NX129457
Enlisted:	8 August 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	55/53 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Yenda, New South Wales, Australia, 1 September 1923
Home Town:	Ingleburn, Campbelltown Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Warehouse Employee
Died:	Killed in Action, Sanananda, Papua New Guinea, 7 December 1942, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Yenda WW2 War Memorial

World War 2 Service

8 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX129457, 55/53 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
8 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX129457
Date unknown:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX129457

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Roderick Oliver KAYESS was born in Yenda, NSW on 1st September, 1923

His parents were Oliver KAYESS and Belinda (Linda) HOPPING who married in the Presbyterian Church in Auburn, NSW in 1915

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His twin brother Stewart George KAYESS (SN NX106827) also served in the Army during WW2 and was discharged on 12th April, 1946 (14th Australian Field Ambulance)

His father Oliver KAYESS served during WW1 (SN 59330) and returned to Australia in 1919 - he also served during WW2 (SN N66037) and was discharged on 21st November, 1946

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