BETTLES  K.

Given Names:  Keith Alfred

               

Service Number:  288

Unit:  6th Battalion, C Company                                                                                       

Rank:  Driver   

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  19 Yrs  11 Mths

Occupation:  Cycle Builder                                                                                             

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7 In                     

Weight:  147 Lbs

Chest:  35 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Dark

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/8/1914

Place:  Richmond

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Alfred Bettles

18 Eglington Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                     

Embarkation Date:  19/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Hororata A20

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Malta 

Embarked:  31/7/1918                               

Disembarked:  20/9/1918

Unit:  6th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Lance Corporal

Discharge Date:  9/12/1918                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Awarded

British War Medal:  1482

Victory Medal:  1482

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  10/9/1894

Place:  Bright, Victoria                             

Father:  Alfred BETTLES                         

Mother:  Jessie Ethel SCOTT

 

MARRIAGE

Year:              

Place:             

Spouse: Moara Emily CAMERON

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 4/6/1975                            

Place: Frankston, Victoria                        

Burial:  Frankston Cemetery, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Served at Gallipoli

Returned as submarine guard

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Kew Independent Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary