LINDSAY, Kenneth William
| Service Number: | NX45773 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 June 1940, Newcastle, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wauchope NSW, 2 February 1914 |
| Home Town: | Wauchope, Port Macquarie-Hastings, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Kempsey High School, Armidale Teachers College |
| Occupation: | School Teacher |
| Died: | Injuries - Fractured Cervical Spine, Lacerated Spinal Cord, Malaya, 10 November 1941, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kranji War Cemetery 28.C.6 |
| Memorials: | Armidale Teachers' College WW2 Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Morpeth War Memorial, Parramatta NSW Department of Education Teachers and Trainees WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lance Sergeant, NX45773 | |
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| 27 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, NX45773, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion, Newcastle, NSW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of William Campbell Lindsay and Ada Jane Lindsay, of Wauchope, New South Wales, Australia.
ALWAYS REMEMBERED BY HIS LOVING MOTHER, SISTERS AND BROTHERS
DEATH IN MALAYA
SERGEANT K. W. LINDSAY.
Many hearts were saddened last week when the news came through that Sergeant Kenneth William Lindsay had passed away in Malaya as the result of an accident. "Ken," as he was affectionately known to a wide circle of friends, was the young est son of Mrs. and the late Mr. W. C. Lindsay, of Ellenborough, Hastings River. With his twin sister Mary he attended West Kempsey High School for five years and gained his Leaving Certificate. He later had a very successful record at the Armidale Teachers' College, where he was a prominent member of the college football team. At the time of his enlistment in the A.I.F. in June last year he was on the staff of Morpeth Public School. Though not actually in the fighting zone, Ken has none the less paid the supreme sacrifice, and his many friends will be proud of his memory. Besides his sorrowing mother, he leaves two sisters, Vera and Mary (the former being Matron of Ryde District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital), and two brothers, Colin and Roydon to mourn the passing of a devoted son and brother.
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