Keith Hamilton TYRES

TYRES, Keith Hamilton

Service Number: VX35140
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
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Gunner, VX35140
23 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX35140, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Royal Park, Vic.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of William Clement and Ruby Jane Tyres, of Numurkah, Victoria.