Keith Belmore TOLLIS

TOLLIS, Keith Belmore

Service Number: NX112168
Enlisted: 6 August 1942
Last Rank: Captain
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia , 17 January 1914
Home Town: Eastwood, Ryde, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Killed in action, New Guinea, 17 March 1944, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
IB D 15
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Captain, NX112168
6 Aug 1942: Enlisted NX112168

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Captain Keith Belmore Tollis was the son of Captain Thomas William Tollis 33rd Battalion AIF who was killed in action on 22 August 1918. He was the only son of his widowed mother, Daisy May Tollis, and was four years old when his father died in WW1.

Keith Belmore Tollis was posthumously awarded a mention in despatches for “distinguished services in the South West Pacific Area”

His uncle, 3844 Pte. John Henry Tollis 1st Battalion AIF, was also killed in action at Pozieres in 1916.

Keith was married to Elsie Lillian and left two young children when he died.

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Captain Keith Belmore Tollis was the son of Captain Thomas William Tollis 33rd Battalion AIF who was killed in action on 22 August 1918. He was the only son of his widowed mother, Daisy May Tollis, and was four years old when his father died in WW1.

Keith Belmore Tollis was posthumously awarded a mention in despatches for “distinguished services in the South West Pacific Area”

His uncle, 3844 Pte. John Henry Tollis 1st Battalion AIF, was also killed in action at Pozieres in 1916.

Keith was married to Elsie Lillian and left two young children when he died.

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