Service number | VX148 |
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Birth Date | 1906-07-01 |
Birth Place | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Hawthorn |
Death Date | 1942-09-10 |
Death Place | Papua |
Final Rank | Lieutentant Colonel |
Service | Australian Army |
Unit | 2/14th Australian Infantry Battalion |
Places | |
Conflict/Operation | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Lieutentant Colonel Arthur Samuel Key
Rolls
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Second World War POWs and Missing Persons:
- Unit
- 2/14th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Roll of Honour:
- Unit
- 2/14th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
Timeline
Date of birth | 01 July 1906 | |
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Date commissioned | 13 May 1927 | |
Other units | 13 May 1927 | 52nd Battalion. |
Other units | 21 March 1935 | 37/52nd Battalion. |
Other units | 17 November 1938 | 52nd Battalion. |
Other units | 13 October 1939 | Seconded major Headquarters 17th Brigade. |
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) | 01 November 1939 | Enlisted 2nd AIF. |
Other units | 28 December 1939 | 2/8th Battalion. |
Other | 1940-07-22 - 1940-08-26 | Course Middle East Tactical School. |
Other | 1941-07-28 - 1941-08-09 | Course Middle East Combined Training Centre. |
Date promoted | 14 January 1942 | Temporary lieutenant colonel. |
Other units | 1942-01-14 - 1942-08-30 | 2/14th Battalion. |
Date returned to Australia | 24 March 1942 | Adelaide. |
Other units | 1942-07-18 - 1942-08-05 | Attached Headquarters 21st Brigade. |
Date of death | 10 September 1942 | |
Other | 02 April 1943 | Missing in action believed prisoner of war. |
Other | c 1941-04-02 | Arrived Greece. |
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