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KEELY, Austin
Personal Details
Other Name: | Keely, John - Service Record |
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Service Numbers: | 8901, 5915, 8901 |
Enlisted: | 6 January 1915 |
Last Rank: | Farrier |
Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Train |
Born: | Glen Osmond, South Australia, 4 February 1888 |
Home Town: | Glen Osmond, Burnside, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Horse Breaker |
Died: | Influenza , England, 10 February 1919, aged 31 years |
Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
Memorials: | Burnside District Fallen Soldiers' Memorial - Rose Park, Adelaide Commissioner of Public Works Roll of Honour, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burnside & District - Fallen Soldiers Memorial Trees - Rose Park, Myrtle Bank War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
6 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8901, Oaklands, South Australia | |
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6 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8901 | |
26 May 1915: | Involvement Driver, 5915, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
26 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 8901 , 2nd Divisional Train | |
26 May 1915: | Embarked Driver, 5915, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
25 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Farrier, 1st Divisional Train | |
10 Feb 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Farrier, 8901, 1st Divisional Train, Died of Influenza - 'Spanish 'Flu' 'pandemic |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Heather Ernszt
Born as Isaac Austin on 4 Feb 1888 to parents John KEELY and Elizabeth Agnes TURNER or TURVER.
Although known as Austin, enlisted as John