Kenneth Sydney George NANKIVELL

NANKIVELL, Kenneth Sydney George

Service Number: VX80158
Enlisted: 1 June 1942
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Born: St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 10 May 1914
Home Town: Ormond, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Fruiter and Florist
Died: Died of wounds, New Guinea, 19 June 1945, aged 31 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
Burial reference: - Plot QQ, Row B, Grave 12. Personal Inscription: - "DEVOTED HUSBAND OF HEATHER,DADDY OF MARGARET. . .LOVED ALWAYS".
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dandenong Shire Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

1 Jun 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX80158
1 Nov 1944: Involvement Private, VX80158, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns

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Biography contributed by Dianne Black

Parents: - Edwin Frank Nankivell and Florence Sarah Margaret Richmond married 23th October 1895 in Maldon, Victoria.

Wife: - Heather May McPherson (married 1941 in Dandenong, Victoria), of Ormond, Victoria.

Trove

The Dandenong Journal,Wed 27 Jun 1945 - Pge 4

ON ACTIVE SERVICE
Nankivell. —On June 19th, died of wounds at Wewak, VX8O158,' Kenneth S. G. Nankivell, dearly loved husband of Heather (nee McPherson) and darling
daddy of Margaret, and devoted son-in-law of Mr. A. W. G. McPherson, and the late Mrs. McPherson and family

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