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MCKELVEY, Robert Hobill
Personal Details
Service Number: | QX19540 |
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Enlisted: | 2 June 1941 |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 2nd/15th Field Regiment |
Born: | Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 8 July 1911 |
Home Town: | Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Stock-buyer |
Died: | Died at sea (POW of Japan - Rakuyo Maru), South China Sea, 15 September 1944, aged 33 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia |
Service History
World War 2 Service
2 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Private, QX19540, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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2 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX19540, 2nd/10th Field Regiment | |
3 Jun 1941: | Involvement Private, QX19540 | |
15 Sep 1944: | Discharged Gunner, QX19540, 2nd/15th Field Regiment |
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