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PAPLEY, Kevin Frederick
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX47697 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX47697 | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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.