William Martin KEYS

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Service Number:	VX108157
Enlisted:	9 August 1942
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	22 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, 31 August 1920
Home Town:	Meeniyan, South Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Dairy Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 17 December 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot T. Row D. Grave 3. Personal Inscription ~ "A LIFE OF LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING SACRIFICED FOR PEACE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dumbalk Memorial Gates

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant, VX108157, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
9 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX108157, 22 Infantry Battalion AMF

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