Kenneth Keith PAYNE

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PAYNE, Kenneth Keith

Service Number:	NX109010
Enlisted:	3 August 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, 18 July 1922
Home Town:	Grafton, Clarence Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Casual Labourer / Gardener
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 8 August 1945, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Number ~ Plot PP. Row D. Grave 16. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX109010
3 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX109010, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion

Grafton Soldier Killed In Action

Mr. and Mrs. G. Payne, of 93 Fry street, Grafton, have been informed by the Minister for the Army that their son, Private K. K. Payne, was killed in action on August 8, 1945, near Wewak.
Private Payne enlisted in July, 1941, and was attached to the 2/2 Infantry Battalion, Sixth Division. Mr. and Mrs. Payne also, have another son (Arthur) attached to the same division. – The Daily Examiner, Grafton, issue dated Tuesday August 14, 1945.

Submitted 9 December 2016 by John Johnston

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