LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Keith ARTHUR
Service No: 416736
Born: Booleroo Centre SA, 18 August 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 September 1941
Unit: No. 1 Air Navigation School, Parkes NSW
Died: Illness, Parkes, 25 December 1942, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Parkes General Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Robert Roy and Lucy Arthur, of Booleroo Centre, South Australia; husband of Ruth Arthur, of Graceville, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Booleroo Centre SA
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
On 25 December 1942, Sergeant Arthur, a Pilot, died of an illness at the Parkes District Hospital.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/88/167