Robert Errick KEILLOR

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Service Number:	2832
Enlisted:	29 September 1916, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Caboolture, Queensland, 10 October 1896
Home Town:	Caboolture, Moreton Bay, Queensland
Schooling:	Camp Flat State School, Rocksberg School
Occupation:	Selector
Died:	Killed in Action, Menin Road, Belgium, 31 July 1917, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Caboolture District WW1 Roll of Honour, Caboolture War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Nanango War Memorial, Upper Caboolture Rocksberg School Roll of Honour

29 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2832, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2832, Brisbane, Queensland
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2832, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
18 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2832, 41st Infantry Battalion, Warneton

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Father John Keillor and Mother Emily Francis Keillor (nee ________)
lived on a farm outside (upper) Caboolture.

One of five sons.

Next of kin in service:
Brother: 6558 Thomas Henry Keillor

Described on enlisting as 19 years 11 months old; single; 5' 4 1/2" tall; 132 lbs;
dark complexion; brown eyes; brown hair; Church of England.

29/9/1916 Enlisted in Brisbane
completed medical - fit for service

26/11/1916 Commanding Officer appointed Robert to
6th reinforcements, 41st Battalion, Rifle Range - Enoggera

23/12/1916 Embarked on board HMAT Demosthenes A64, departed from Sydney
as a Private in the 41st Infantry, 6th reinforcements

24/1/1917 sick to hospital at sea - Measles (discharged 30/1/1917)

7/2/1917 sick to hospital at sea - Measles (discharged 13/2/1917)

6/3/1917 marched in from Australia to England

21/4/1917 admitted to hospital (mumps) - discharged 9/5/1917

2/7/1917 proceeded overseas to France, ex Folkestone, England

18/7/1917 taken on strength into 41st Battalion, in the Field

31/7/1917 Killed in action in the field
buried in: nearby of Messines, Belgium

NO grave or body was ever found.

Robert's name is commemorated at the MENIN GATE Memorial, Ieper, Province West- Vlaanderen,
Flanders, Belgium.

Medals:
British War medal (54903); Victory medal (54063); Memorial Plaque and
Memorial Scroll (328546).

On behalf of Robert's great-niece Leigh E Chester-Master (nee Keillor).

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 28/1/2015. Lest we forget.