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AGNEW, Keith Warland
| Service Number: | 1614 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Millicent, SA, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Glencoe, Wattle Range, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper's Assistant |
| Died: | Mount Gambier - South Australia, 25 January 1956, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Gambier Lake Terrace Cemetery |
| Memorials: | South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1614 | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 1614, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 1614, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 4 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 11th Training Battalion, Taken On Strength of 11th Training Battalion | |
| 11 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Taken On Strength of 43rd Infantry Battalion from 11th Training Battalion | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1614, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Embarked from England to France per "Princess Victoria" | |
| 6 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1614, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Gassed | |
| 13 Nov 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Jan 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1614, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged due to termination of enlistment period | |
| 12 Jun 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 1614, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Embarked to Adelaide from France per the "Themistocles" |
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Keith Warland Agnew was born on 5 December 1897 to father Robert Agnew and mother Susan Telfer in Millicent, South Australia. Agnew was a storekeeper assistant before he enlisted in the AIF on 20 March 1916 at the age of 18 and 3 months. He had a dark complexion, with brown eyes and dark brown hair. He was 5’6 inches and weighed 116lbs.
Agnew enlisted as a private in Mount Gambier on 20 March 1916, and was appointed to A. Coy in the 2nd Depot Battalion for training. On 9 June 1916 he embarked from Adelaide, South Australia to England per HMAT A19 “Afric”, where he was then taken on strength of the 11th Training Battalion on 4 August 1916. Soon after joining the 11th Training battalion, he was Taken on strength of the 43rd Battalion on 12 November 1916. Just over a week later, on 21 November 1916, Agnew was admitted to the hospital due to sickness.
Agnew embarked overseas to France per “Princess Victoria” on 20 December 1916. Agnew stayed in the Australian Divisional Base Depot Étaples, which was a training centre, a depot for supplies, a detention centre, and was home to almost 20 hospitals. He remained there until discharged to duty on 4th December 1916. He marched in to his unit 17th January 1917
Agnew was treated for Trench Foot in late January 1917 amd after a couple of weeks returned to duty. He was again admitted to h.ospital with a debility in July 1917. He spent more time in hospital later that year but returned to duty and joined the 43rd Battalion in January 1918
Agnew was gassed on 6 June 1918 and received treatment for a couple of weeks before he returned to the 43rd battalion on 8 September 1918. On 13 November 1918, Agnew was promoted from a private to a Lance Corporal. Soon after, when he’d returned from his leave on 4 January 1919, he was promoted to a Corporal.
On 22 February 1919, Agnew was transited from the 43rd battalion to the AA Postal Corps in France as an orderly, where he remained until 16 March 1919, when he returned to the 43rd Battalion on ceasing orderly duties, and officially Taken on Strength of the 43rd battalion from the AA Postal Corps on 1 April 1919.
Agnew was discharged due to the termination of period of enlistment on 12 June 1919, returning to Adelaide per the “Themistocles”. Post service, Agnew married Grace Marie Holloway on 11 July 1923. He was awarded with a British War Medal and a Victory Medal. Agnew died of unknown causes 25 January 1956, aged 59, and is buried in Mount Gambier, South Australia.
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