Kevin West WHELLANS

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Service Number:	VX27782
Enlisted:	27 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Windsor, Victoria, Australia, 17 May 1920
Home Town:	Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Dry Cleaner
Died:	Illness, At sea (en route to Port Moresby), 6 April 1942, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot C. Row B. Grave 11. Personal Inscription ~ "BELOVED SON OF J. & L. WHELLANS, LOVED BROTHER OF JEAN, JOHN, BOB & PAT".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX27782
27 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX27782, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
6 Apr 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion, Died of malaria at Mal Mal Mission.

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