Soldier profiles
Name : KELLER, WALTER LLOYD HOLCOMBE
Service Number : NX147120 (N278232)
Date of Birth : 06/08/1917
Place of Birth : RICHMOND, ENGLAND
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 21/01/1943
Locality on Enlistment : DRUMMOYNE, NSW
Place of Enlistment : TAMWORTH, NSW
Next of Kin : KELLER, LOUIS
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : CAPTAIN
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2 COMPANY BEACH GROUP AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : A COMPANY HEADQUARTERS (DAEO, MOROTAI)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : BORNEO
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 28/10/1946
Date Died : ??/04/1972
Age at Death : 54
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 5624681 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_090593.jpg
Background : Military service was as a medical practitioner having finished his degrees at Sydney University, New South Wales in 1941. Service records in brief : Commonwealth Military Force from 27/11/1942 to 20/01/1943. 11/05/1943 Medical examination. 14/03/1945 Embarked Cairns, Queensland on U.S.A.T. Sea Barb. 28/03/1945 Disembarked Morotai. 28/04/1945 Embarked Morotai on H.M.A.S. Manoora to Tarakan. 18/05/1945 Embarked Tarakan to Morotai. 20/06/1945 Embarked Morotai to Balikpapan on H.M.A.S. Kanimbla. 29/11/1945 Embarked Balikpapan to Macassar, Celebes on H.M.A.S. Cessnock. 16/01/1946 Embarked Labuan on Skagerrak. 02/02/1946 Disembarked No. 11 Wharf, Woolloomooloo, Sydney. 28/10/1946 Discharged. Service certificate 41684.
