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TYRES, Keith Hamilton
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX35140 |
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Enlisted: | 23 July 1940, Royal Park, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment |
Born: | Sale, Victoria, Australia, 2 March 1917 |
Home Town: | Numurkah, Moira, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Borneo, 5 February 1945, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Labuan War Memorial, Malaysia Panel 1 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia, Numurkah & District War Memorial Hospital, Numurkah Saluting Their Service Mural, Numurkah and District War Memorial, Sunshine Cenotaph, The Numurkah Mob Remembered Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Gunner, VX35140 | |
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23 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX35140, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Royal Park, Vic. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William Clement and Ruby Jane Tyres, of Numurkah, Victoria.