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KEIGHLEY, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1971 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bradford, England, United Kingdom, 1875 |
| Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Confectioner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Plot 11, Row B, Grave 33 Headstone inscription reads: There is a link death cannot sever, fond remembrance lasts forever, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1971, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1971, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1971, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John and Amy Keighley. Brother of Frank Clayton Keighley of Hampstead, London, England
Husband of Florence Keighley of Winthrop, USA. He was not the legal husband of Annie Keighley nee Piggott of 'Augaston', Waratah Street, Katoomba, NSW formerly of 96 Bondi Road, Waverley, NSW. Annie had been employed by John and his legal wife Florence when they were married and living in England. John arrived in Australia approximatley 1907
Medals: 1914-15 Star issued to Florence Keighley; British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to his bigamous wife Annie Keighley
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