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KEHOE, Joseph Austin
Personal Details
Service Number: | WX36148 |
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Enlisted: | 20 September 1942 |
Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 2 |
Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | New Norcia, Western Australia, Australia, 14 September 1918 |
Home Town: | Maylands, Bayswater, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Intermediate Certificate |
Occupation: | Storeman |
Died: | Cerebral Malaria, New Guinea, 14 February 1944, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot JJ. Row C. Grave 10. Personal Inscription ~ "SACRED MEMORY OF HERO SON...GAVE HIS LIFE IN NOBLE CAUSE...R.I.P." |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement WX36148 | |
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20 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, WX36148 | |
15 Oct 1943: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, 30th Infantry Battalion |
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