KEEVERS, Adolphus Robert
| Service Number: | 4501 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1915, 3 years Cadets |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Walcha, New South Wales, Australia, 25 December 1895 |
| Home Town: | Scone, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Scone Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bootmaker |
| Died: | Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 10 May 1969, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 4-30. 16. |
| Memorials: | Scone Public School WW1 Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4501, 3rd Infantry Battalion, 3 years Cadets | |
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| 15 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4501, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 15 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4501, 3rd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 20 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 4501, 3rd Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
55 years ago today, on the 12th May 1969, Corporal Adolphus Robert Keevers, referred to as Dolph, 3rd Battalion (Reg No-4501), bootmaker from 64 Hill Street, Scone, New South Wales and Hamilton?, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 73. METHODIST 4-30. 16.
Born at Walcha, New South Wales on the 25th December 1895 to Matthew Edward, died 18.1.1946, 64 Hill Street, Scone, N.S.W., age 82, buried Methodist Cemetery, Scone, N.S.W. and Anna Maria Keevers nee James, died 18.3.1954, Scott Memorial Hospital, Scone, N.S.W., age 90, mother of 7, sleeping at Methodist Cemetery, Scone, N.S.W.; husband of Vera May Keevers nee Batterham (married 1921, Murrurundi, N.S.W., died 12.6.1972, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 77, sleeping here), Dolph enlisted on the 21st August 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board RMS Osterley on the 15th January 1916.
Admitted to hospital 14.11.1916 (dysentery), 14.12.1917 (chilblains - itchy, swollen and painful lumps or patches on your skin. They form after exposure to cold but not freezing temperatures. They usually affect the fingers and toes but can also appear on the nose and ears), 16.12.1918 (sore heel).
Wounded in action - 18.8.1916 (GSW back).
Granted furlough from 4.3.1917 to 22.3.1917.
Commenced return to Australia 6.7.1919.
Dolph arrived home on the 26th August 1919, being discharged on the 20th October 1919.
Mr. Keevers’s name has been inscribed on the Scone Public School WW1 Honor Roll, Scone District First World War Honour Roll and the Scone Methodist Church Roll of Honor.
I have placed poppies at Dolph’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Older brother James David (born 6.6.1893, Walcha, N.S.W., plumber from Guernsey Street, Scone, New South Wales, enlisted 1.2.1916, July 1916 Reinforcements, Reg No-14556, RTA 2.8.1919, 4th Australian Field Company Engineers, died 16.1.1966, Balranald, N.S.W., age 72, not officially commemorated.
Younger brother Walter Matthew (born 10.1.1898, Moonan Brook, N.S.W., plumber from 64 Hill Street, Scone, New South Wales, enlisted 18.12.1915, 34th Battalion, Reg No-103A, KIA 12.11.1916, age 18, 20th Battalion, name inscribed on the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, also served 1st A.I.F.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
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Lest We Forget.
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