TOLLIS, Keith Belmore
| Service Number: | NX112168 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 August 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 7th Division Headquarters |
| Born: | Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia , 17 January 1914 |
| Home Town: | Eastwood, Ryde, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Compositor |
| Died: | Killed in action, New Guinea, 17 March 1944, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference: Plot 1B, Row D, Grave 15. Inscription: "He was my all... God keep him." |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Captain, NX112168 | |
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| 6 Aug 1942: | Enlisted NX112168 | |
| 3 Jul 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, 7th Division Headquarters, Posted to HQ 11 Australian Division attached to HQ 7 Australian Division. Killed in action 17th March 1944, New Guinea. |
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Add my storyBiography 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.
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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