KRIPPNER, Keith Wilson Longdill
| Service Number: | NX203070 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 February 1944 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Small Ships Company |
| Born: | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, 25 August 1924 |
| Home Town: | Braddon, Australian Capital Territory |
| Schooling: | Ainslie Primary School, Canberra & Canberra High School, , Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | Flying Accident, At sea (between Ambon and Darwin), 19 December 1945, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Northern Territory Memorial Panel 2. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 4 Feb 1944: | Enlisted Private, NX203070 | |
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| 4 Feb 1944: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX203070 | |
| 19 Dec 1945: | Involvement Private, NX203070, 11th Small Ships Company |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Keith Wilson Longdill KRIPPNER was born in Canberra, ACT on 25th August, 1924
His parents were Ivo Athelstane KRIPPNER & Alice Wilga WILSON
He enlisted in Paddington , Sydney on 4th February, 1944
Keith wrote to his parents from Morotai saying he was on his way home when he was killed when the Dakota aircraft he was on crashed between Ambon & Darwin on 19th December, 1945 - no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Adelaide River Memorial
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His father Ivo Athelstane KRIPPER (SN 31826) served in the AIF during WW1 and returned to Australia
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