SHAW, Keith Charles
| Service Number: | 55358 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR) |
| Born: | Dartford, Dartford Borough, Kent, England, 8 June 1947 |
| Home Town: | Trigg, Stirling, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, South Vietnam, Vietnam, 8 October 1968, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Section ZF Site 0121. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Holsworthy 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment - Holsworthy Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour |
Vietnam War Service
| 21 May 1968: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 55358, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR) | |
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| 21 May 1968: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 55358 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"55358 Private Keith Charles Shaw, aged 21, originally from Dartford, England was looking for a job that he would like when he was called up for National Service on 21st February 1967. He was posted to 4RAR and sailed with the Battalion for South Vietnam in May 1968. During Operation TRACK DUSTER in Phuoc Tuy Province on 8th October 1968, 12 Platoon were checking signs suggesting that an enemy camp was in the vicinity. A scout had found a bag of clothing close to a track and the platoon commander and the scouts moved a short distance to investigate. From a distance of thirty five metres, the enemy opened fire with small arms and three large command detonated mines. Keith and another soldier, Private Kevin Brewer, were killed and six others wounded." - SOURCE (www.findagrave.com)
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