LITTLE, Keith Alwyn
| Service Numbers: | Q136156, QX51794 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 May 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 20 September 1923 |
| Home Town: | Gympie, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 9 January 2008, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Hemmant Cemetery and Crematorium, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 27 May 1942: | Enlisted Private, Q136156, 7 Training Battalion | |
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| 29 Mar 1943: | Involvement Driver, Q136156, also QX51794 | |
| 29 Mar 1943: | Involvement Driver, QX51794, also Q136156 | |
| 29 Mar 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX51794 | |
| 29 Mar 1943: | Enlisted | |
| 31 Mar 1943: | Transferred Australian Army (Post WW2), General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), Private | |
| 20 Jul 1943: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), QX51794, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), ex Brisbane per Henry T Allen for Port Moresby | |
| 22 May 1944: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), QX51794, ex Lae per Sea Flasher for Brisbane |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jun 1945: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), QX51794, ex Cairns per LST 103 for Morotai 2/21 Australian Transport Platoon |
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World War 2 Service
| 30 Aug 1946: | Discharged | |
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| 30 Aug 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX51794 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Keith was the youngest of five children of George Little (born 1886 at Kangaroo Flat in NSW) and Sylvia Mabel Sawtell (born 1889 at Bowral in NSW). George (a Railway Worker) and Sylvia married in 1914 at Temora in NSW. They moved to Kingaroy in QLD in 1917 and then to Two Mile near Gympie QLD in 1925, where George was a Farmer. The family moved in to Gympie in 1934, and George worked as a Labourer.
Keith was a Shop Assistant in 1942 when he enlisted in the CMF. He served as a Private (Service No:136156) and transferred to the Army in March 1943. Keith was a Private and Driver (Service No:QX51794) with 111 Australian General Transport Coy, and served in New Guinea. He was attached to 2/21 Transport Platoon when he was Discharged in August 1946. Older brothers Clifton Kellas (Sergeant, QX9970) and Melvin Arthur (Private; QX49955/Q105422) served in WWII.
Returning to Gympie, Keith was working as a Clerk in 1950 when he married Patricia Mary Murphy (born 1925 at Kilkivan in Wide Bay, QLD). Keith and Patricia relocated to Brisbane in 1952, where Keith worked as a Clerk. He died in 2008 and Patricia died in 2009.
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