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KEIGHTLEY, Charles Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 832 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1916, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Brigade Headquarters |
| Born: | Walcha, New South Wales, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Charleville, Murweh, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | New South Wales, 1974, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Woolbrook Public School WW1 Roll of Honour, Woolbrook War Memorial and Flagpole, Yarraman War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 832, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD | |
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| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement Driver, 832, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked Driver, 832, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 14 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 11th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, From 42nd Batallion | |
| 16 Aug 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 832, 11th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Edward (Jack) Keightley and Mary Isabella Keightley of Walcha, NSW
On 2 August 1919 Charles married Eveline Gertrude May Shipton at the Register Office , Andover, Hants. Registrar Thomas Edgar Longman officiated
Commenced return to Australia on 16 April 1920 aboard HT Hororatia disembarking on the 16 June 1920
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal