RAMSAY Keith William

Name	Keith William RAMSAY
Country Of Origin	Australia
Born	1918
Died	2004
Birth/ Baptism	Born 20 January 1918, Melbourne, Victoria
Parents	Kent Augustus and Eva Gertrude Ramsay (formerly Broadbent)
Apprenticeship	Four and a half years: Clock and watchmaking apprenticeship with watchmaker Harold Gordon Drayton, State Electricity Buildings, Lonsdale Street, Dandenong. Three years: Watchmaker on electrical time switches and allied mechanisms.
Skills	Clockmaker, Watchmaker, Jeweller
Work Locations	Latrobe
Street Address	Gilbert Street, Latrobe
Marriage/Spouse	6 November 1943, St Clements Registry Office, Dundee, Scotland, to Corporal Marjorie Kinge (WAAF).
Arrival
Other	Other training/education: Junior Technical Certificate Standard, one-year fitting and turning, night classes. Employment pre-enlistment: State Electricity Commission, Meter and Tests Department, Richmond. 1940-1946: World War II service, instrument maker, and repairer, Royal Australian Air Force. 1946: Wife Marjorie and one-year-old daughter Lesley Kaye travelled to Australia from England on the ship Rangitata. By 1948: Opened business at Latrobe and advertised for a watchmaking apprentice. September 1954: Mr William T Nichols purchased the Latrobe business. Approx. 1960s: Mildura, Victoria.
Death	March 2004, Repatriation Hospital, South Australia, formerly of Mildura and Cumberland Park.
References
Web: National Archives of Australia, World War II Military Service Record, Series A9301, Service No. 18874; Ancestry: Australia Electoral Rolls 1942-1967; United Kingdom Outward Passenger Lists 1946 (Marjorie & Lesley Kaye Ramsay); Ryerson Index, Death 2004. Advocate 1 May 1948, 10 September 1954, 15 September 1954; Adelaide Advertiser March 2004.