KEIGHTLEY, Walter
Service Number: | 103 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
Born: | Not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Dalveen, Southern Downs, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Warwick, Queensland, Australia, 19 September 1954, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Warwick General Cemetery, Qld |
Memorials: |
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 103 | |
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4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 103, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
21 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 103, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Walter Joseph Keightley birth details are unknown, however, his Qld BDM death registration notes he was the son of Joseph Keightley and Mary Keightley (nee Conell). At the time of his enlistment for the South African (Boer) War he noted his N.O.K. as his father, Joseph Keightley residing at Dalveen, a small town in the Southern Downs region of Qld near the NSW border.