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PATTERSON-KANE, Kenneth Wallace
Personal Details
Service Number: | QX31294 |
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Enlisted: | 7 April 1942 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Jericho, Queensland, Australia, 8 February 1923 |
Home Town: | Anakie, Central Highlands, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Benign tertian malaria and scrub typhus, 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, Koitaki, Papua New Guinea, 23 October 1943, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Burial reference: - Plot B2, Row B, Grave 3. Personal Inscription: - "HIS COUNTRY CALLED HE GAVE HIS ALL". |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, QX31294 | |
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7 Apr 1942: | Enlisted | |
7 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX31294, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion | |
23 Oct 1943: | Discharged |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - Walter Patterson-Kane and Violet Robinson married 25th November 1903 in Springs Hotel, Moonlight Creek, Croydon, Queensland, Australia, of Anakie, Queensland.