Mervyn Roy KEILY

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Service Number:	Q151960
Enlisted:	21 April 1942
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Australian Army Canteen Service
Born:	Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia, 13 April 1911
Home Town:	Camp Hill, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Queensland State School System
Occupation:	Grocer's Assistant / Storeman
Died:	Injuries (Second degree burns), New Guinea, 18 February 1945, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot PP. Row B. Grave 16. Personal Inscription ~ "LOVED IN LIFE...HONOURED IN DEATH ALWAYS REMEMBERED"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, Q151960
21 Apr 1942:	Enlisted
21 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Q151960
22 Oct 1944:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Australian Army Canteen Service, AA Canteen Services New Guinea Force
18 Feb 1945:	Discharged

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