Kevin Frederick PAPLEY

PAPLEY, Kevin Frederick

Service Number: VX47697
Enlisted: 20 July 1940, Caulfield, Vic.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Portland, Vic., 6 February 1918
Home Town: Portland, Glenelg, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Painter
Died: Killed in Action, Libya, 17 May 1941, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Portland WW2 Honour Roll, Portland WW2 Memorial, Portland and District St. Stephen's Anglican Church WW2 Supreme Sacrifice Roll of Honor
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, VX47697
20 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX47697, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion, Caulfield, Vic.
Date unknown: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX47697, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Fredrick James Papley and Gertrude Rose Papley, of Portland, Victoria, Australia.

HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

Pte. K. P. Papley, son of the late Mr. Fred and Mrs. Papley, of Porland, has been killed in action. The young hero's uncle made the supreme sacrifice in the last war.